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SCP-2323: Sentinel Butcher 


Item #: SCP-2323 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: At least one healthy mated pair 
of SCP-2323-A must be contained. Free-flight hunting and live 
feeding is required for continued maintenance of SCP-2323. 
Standard outdoor netted aviary enclosure (including mews) is 
sufficient for containment. Use standard avian cages to house 
SCP-2323-A specimens as required for enclosure maintenance, 
veterinary care, inclement weather, transport, or research. The 
enclosed grounds must include a variety of insect-pollinated 
flowering plants. Enclosure must include a minimum of 1 m barbed 
wire (with a metallic iron content of 90% or greater) per adult 
SCP-2323-A, strung and elevated 1-3 m above ground (with 0.25 
meters minimum spacing between strands). 


All SCP-2323-A specimens must be tagged with standard 
ornithological tracking tags, microchips, and GPS transponders. 
Specimens that breach containment must be recovered or destroyed 
immediately. Any Lanius excubitor specimen that has been exposed 
to SCP-2323 and is not required for maintenance of this SCP or for 
research should be destroyed. 


NOTE: This SCP does not contain the anomalous prey entities of 
SCP-2323. These appear to be present in the environment wherever 
insect-pollinated blooms occur [see 1]. 


Description: SCP-2323 is an anomalous behavior in great grey 
shrikes (Lanius excubitor). It is memetic in the host species, and is 
both learnable and transmissible (Successful transmission rate of 
64% to wild-caught mates and 87% to captive-raised offspring)[see 
2]. Carrier organisms (designated SCP-2323-A) are otherwise non- 
anomalous specimens of L. excubitor, presenting typical vital signs 
and observable behaviors. 


While SCP-2323-A specimens will demonstrate non-anomalous 
hunting and feeding, using both natural thorns and barbed wire to 
impale prey,! they show an observable preference for SCP-2323. 
While engaged in SCP-2323, SCP-2323-A specimens are observed 
to capture non-visible entities (both on the ground and airborne) and 
exclusively use the barbed wire for feeding. If barbed wire (or other 
high iron content metallic "thorns") is not present, SCP-2323-A will 
not engage in SCP-2323, but instead feed entirely on non- 
anomalous prey. Unidentified vocalizations from the prey entities 
can be detected in high-frequency audio recordings of SCP-2323. 
While the entities remain non-visible during feeding, the wire barbs 
used for feeding on non-visible entities become coated in blood. 
This blood is mammalian, but does not match any known mammal 
[see 1]. 


Starting in 1986 (the third year of containment), circular clearings 
with a mean radius of 0.36 meters have appeared annually in the 
enclosures. These clearings are surrounded by a ring of fungal 
fruiting bodies of a species of non-anomalous macrofungi already 
present in the environment, and contain anomalous objects (see 
Addendum- Excerpt from Document SCP-2323-D). These 
anomalies appear at night, typically between March and August, 
with the highest frequency occurring between April 20th and May 
10th. Neither video surveillance or direct observation has been able 
to observe these clearings being made or the objects appearing; 
these phenomena occur only when and where observation is not 
being made. Continuous video observation of the enclosure fully 
prevents manifestation of these anomalies. 


Currently a mating pair (SCP-2323-A-07 and A-10) is contained at 
Site- with offspring (A-12, A-13, and A-14). A second pair 
(SCP-2323-A-09 and A-11) is contained at Site- . SCP-2323-A-08, 
an adult male, is being used for research at Site- . 


Addendum-Excerpt from Document SCP-2323-D: The following 
items were recovered from a circular clearing (with a radius of 

0.41 m) in the enclosure containing SCP-2323-A-03 and SCP-2323- 
A-04 in May of 1988. These items are typical of objects that appear 
within this SCP during spring. 


« A rectangular limestone block, 155 mm X 50 mm x 20 mm, 


showing signs of having been worked with stone hand tools 
with an average striking surface of 3.7 mm. 

¢ A cured hide of the common vole (Microtus arvalis), found 
draped over the block. Bloodstains in this hide corresponded 
to the unknown blood found on wire barbs in the same SCP 
enclosure. 

* Two 80 mm lengths of rope made from woven spider-silk with 
a mean cross-sectional radius of 1.2 mm. Each rope was 
passed under the limestone block, 12mm from either end and 
terminated in loops (radius of 4.3 mm) on each end. These 
loops contained traces of the anomalous mammalian blood. 

¢ A 403 mm long branch of the common hawthorn (Crataegus 
monogyna) stripped of leaves and berries and "planted" 
upright in the ground. The thorns were decorated with 
discarded feathers from SCP-2323-A-03 and A-04 secured 
with spider-silk cords along with tufts of Canis lupus hair.2 
This was located 73 mm from the center of the limestone 
block, perpendicular to its longitudinal axis. 


Addendum SCP-2323-G: 
Analysis of the regurgitated pellets of SCP-2323-A specimens: 


56% of material recovered from analyzed pellets consists of non- 
anomalous material such as rodent fur and bones as well as 
undigested chitin fragments. The remaining material is anomalous: 


* 7% consists of undigested cured animal hides (primarily 
rodents) and woven textiles made from spider-silk and plant 
fibers. 

* 6% consists of stone tools (average mass 1.4 g) showing 
advanced neolithic techniques, including knives, arrowheads, 
and spear-points. 

* 31% consists of bone fragments, which other than size (mean 
length 1.5 mm) are identical to human specimens. 


Footnotes 

1. Shrikes are passerines (Songbirds) and lack the talons of other 
birds of prey. They feed by impaling their prey on thorns and tearing 
it apart with their beaks. 

2. Genetically matched toSCP-2952. 

Bibliography 


1. Ryan, Uwe, and Watanabe, Anomalous Hunting Behavior in 
Lanius excubitor, Journal of Biological Anomalies, Foundation 


Internal Publication, March 1987. 
2. Ryan, Uwe, and Watanabe, Memetic Transmission of Anomalous 


Hunting Behavior by Lanius excubitor, Journal of Biological 
Anomalies, Foundation Internal Publication, January 1991. 


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SCP-2324: Her Majesty's Navy 


Item #: SCP-2324 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: A single living specimen of 
SCP-2324-A, hereafter SCP-2324-A-11, is to be kept in a high 
security containment vault at Site-58. All other instances of 
SCP-2324-A are to be destroyed upon discovery. Site-58 has been 
equipped with optima-class insecticide dispensers to be used in the 
event of a containment breach. All crucial personnel at Site-58 are 
required to receive optima immunization at a separate site - no 
optima vaccine is to be present at Site-58. If deployment of optima 
gas proves ineffective to re-contain SCP-2324-A-1, the site's 5- 
megaton incendiary charges are to be activated. 


Description: SCP-2324 is a phenomenon associated with the 
western honey bee? and its parasitic interaction with humans. 
SCP-2324-A denotes a human infected with SCP-2324. The 
injection mechanism for SCP-2324 is through a specialized bee 
sting to a living human. 


A fully infected SCP-2324-A instance is clinically dead, but 
maintains life functions under a new, altered consciousness 
controlled by an unknown means, presumably by bees within the 
body of the individual instance. The brain of an SCP-2324-A 
instance is replaced with a new structure superficially resembling a 
beehive3, in which regular honey bees produce, nurture, and deploy 
biologically modified, notably more aggressive honeybees via the 
nostrils, mouth, and other cavities. SCP-2324-A instances are 
capable of speech in the host's native language, and an instance will 
refer to itself as an individual warship belonging to a greater army 
known by such names as “the Hive Authority,” “Her Majesty’s Fleet,” 
and “the Queen’s Navy.”4 


Addendum - SCP-2324-A-1 Interview, 5/16/15: 


Dr. : Please state your name for the record. 


SCP-2324-A-1: We have visual on enemy flagship. 
Stand by to engage. 


Dr. : State your name. 


SCP-2324-A-1: Hostility detected. Deploy scout drones 
on my mark! 


Dr. : | mean you no harm if you cooperate. 


SCP-2324-A-1: Rescind order! Enemy vessel is 
attempting negotiation. Hard to bow, warning shot in 
three, two, one— 


(SCP-2324-A-1 sneezes a small glob of envenomed, 
caustic honey onto the wall, dissolving the paint.) 


Dr. : ...may | speak to your captain? 
(SCP-2324-A bows its head for a moment, then:) 


SCP-2324-A-1: This is captain 4-73 of the HMS Darrel 
Dixon speaking under Her Majesty's Standard Rules of 
Engagement. You will vacate the area and grant us safe 
passage to the nearest Hive Authority outpost. Your 
compliance is mandatory, and any resistance will result 
in civilian casualties en masse. 


Dr. : Can | get a sedative dart in here, please? 


SCP-2324-A-1: Battle stations! Deploy port-side 
boarding drones, move move move! 


(SCP-2324-A-1 begins making guttural noises similar to 
a klaxon alarm. Pores in SCP-2324-A-1's left arm open, 
unleashing a small swarm of honey bees that proceed to 
sting Dr. multiple times in succession. Sedative 
dart applied to SCP-2324-A-1.) 


SCP-2324-A-1: Direct hit! Minimal damage to outer hull - 


engine systems malfunctioning. Disengage. Stand by for 
further instructions... 


(SCP-2324-A-1 successfully sedated.) 


Note: Dr. has since been quarantined for signs of 
infection. It should be noted that Dr. has crudely 
drawn "The HMS" on his name tag. 


Footnotes 

1. Formerly Darrel Dixon of Gary, IN 

2.Apis mellifera 

3. ResemblingSCP-2401 infection. 

4. Investigation into possible links toSCP-2491is ongoing. 


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different flavor when tasted, with each denomination of dice 
producing a different set of flavors. Taste tests performed on a D-6 
and a D-20 sample found that the former produced common fruit 
flavors while the latter contained a wide variety of flavors, many of 
which were not commonly used in hard candy. 


Money entered: 500 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: Uncle Shifty's Instant Booze Tablets- A small, 
plastic tube containing five (5) white tablets resembling aspirin 
tablets. Label on tube depicts a poorly groomed older man holding a 
flask in his right hand and giving a ‘thumbs up' with his left. 
Discovered that when a tablet is placed in water, it begins to 
dissolve rapidly until the water is transmuted into its volumetric 
equivalent in 5% alcohol content beer. Remaining tablets sent to lab 
for further analysis. 


Money entered: 1500 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: A 12-0z aluminum soda can labeled "Yukio 
Tanaka's Exquisite Ginger Drinking Vinegar" in English. Additional 
packaging in Basque. Packaging and nutritional information 
declared the can to be a ginger-flavoured vinegar beverage. Testing 
of the can's contents revealed the liquid to be 12M hydrofluoric acid. 


Money entered: 314 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: Two geppei mooncakes with peanut filling, one 
round and one square, in a transparent package. Further 
examination revealed that bottoms of both mooncakes have equal 
areas. 


Money entered: 1000 1-yen coins 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: 5m! round-bottom flask with short neck, capped 
with rubber stopper, partially filled with grains of a white crystalline 
solid. Item included a round pair of translucent-purple, plastic 
forceps wrapped around the spherical body of the flask, kept in 
place by a plastic wrapper. Packaging labeled in Japanese, 
translated as “Ball of Boredom”, with English instructions that read 


SCP-2325: Involuntary Bullet Catching 


Item #: SCP-2325 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: All ten nine eight seven 
instances of SCP-2325-1 should remain inside a class 2 sensitive 
electronics case in a standard storage locker at Site 13 when not 
being utilized for testing. SCP-2325-2 should be stored in a hat box, 
lined with class 2 electromagnetic shielding, in a separate locker no 
further than 3 meters away. Under no circumstances, including 
testing, should instances of SCP-2325-1 be moved more than 500 
meters away from SCP-2325-2. 


Level-3 clearance is required for testing. Testing is permitted only in 
rooms no larger than 10 by 10 meters. Multiple instances of 
SCP-2325-1 may not be tested together without the authorization of 
Dr. Sanders or the Site Director. All testing must be carried out with 
D-class subjects. 


Description: Instances of SCP-2325-1 superficially appear to be 
standard security headsets, outside of a small label with consecutive 
serial number and the marking ‘Prometheus Labs' in relief on the 
back of the main unit. There is no power connector or port to access 
the internal workings of the unit. 


One of the ten units recovered was dismantled, revealing further 
anomalies: 


¢ In addition to circuits standard to a security headset, an 
additional device containing a crystal of unknown composition 
runs on a separate circuit. 

¢ There is no apparent power source. Examination via 
oscilloscope has confirmed that the crystal circuit is not this 
source. 

¢ The headset wires are composed of two fiber optic lines, 


whose construction with current technology is currently 
impossible. 


SCP-2325-2 is a peaked cap, with similar 'Prometheus Labs' 
labeling, nonanomalous except for a small microchip connected to a 
sliver of crystal similar in composition to the one found in 
SCP-2325-1. 


Attempts to reverse engineer the anomalous portions of the hat and 
headset unit have failed, mostly due to inability to find a suitable 
analog for the crystalline component. 


SCP-2325-1 and -2 exhibit their anomalous properties when 
SCP-2325-2 and at least one instance of SCP-2325-1 are being 
worn, and a potentially lethal projectile is fired at the wearer of 
SCP-2325-2. When this occurs, the wearer of SCP-2325-1 will 
involuntarily launch themselves between the projectile and the 
wearer of SCP-2325-2. 


Wearers of SCP-2325-1 will move far faster than they should be 
able to, and through obstacles. Despite extensive testing, no upper 
limit for soeed has been found, and no obstacle has stopped a 
wearer of SCP-2325-1 from placing themselves between the 
projectile and the wearer of SCP-2325-2. Wearers of SCP-2325-1 
appear to travel at speeds in excess of .7c, and are able to pass 
through up to a meter of reinforced concrete. 


Despite these anomalous properties, the durability of wearers of 
SCP-2325-1 does not increase significantly outside of being able to 
stop any projectile and travel through any material. Traveling any 
distance greater than 400 meters or traveling through any significant 
material is invariably lethal, but there is always enough organic 
material left to block the projectile. At distances measured in 
astronomical units, SCP-2325 system will not function as intended 
and instead obliterate SCP-2325-1 wearers without intercepting the 
bullet. SCP-2325 system will also not function cross-dimensionally. 
See Document-2325-5 - Testing Logs, Series E - SCP Cross- 
Testing. 


+Prometheus Labs - 
Project #92230 "Orange Staircase" - 


Level 3/2325 Clearance Required 


Grant Request: Project #92230 (Approved) 
from Dr.