8/26 

| don't care that they kicked me out. I'm better 
off without Phillips and his ego problems 
suffocating the lab. There's gotta be something 
| can do, something | can make. | can still help 
her. | just want her to smile again. For once, 
just let me make something worthwhile. 


8/28 

OK, so maybe | didn't think this through. | don't 
got much to work with out here. Calloway's got 
my other toolkit last | checked, and nobody's 
seen him in years. Gonna have to do it by 
hand. (Dr. Pineda cracks his knuckles.) 


8/31 
Damn slugs eatin’ my garden. Fat yellow 
bastards. Can't they see I'm busy here? 


9/1 

Well, | managed to get ahold of Velasquez, 
and she was able to get me an old sample of 
that shelved cell project | did back in the day. 
Thought they torched all that when they 
booted me. Not complaining, of course, but 
now | owe her twice. 


9/2 

OK, good, the little fellas are still viable. | 
should be able to work out the old kinks no 
problem. Then I'll just need a template. 


9/3 

This morning those damn slugs came back, 
chewing on the petunias. Those are her 
flowers, you bastards! Leave her alone! 


9/4 

Something's off about those slugs outside, | 
know it. Can't put my finger on it, but it's like 
they're waiting for me when | come outside. Or 
something. | need a new hobby after all this, 
clear my head. 


9/5 

OK. The good news is that the cells work like 
they used to. The bad news is that they work 
like they used to. 


9/12 
THIS IS THE LAST STRAW, SLUG! Gah! 
Let's see how you like it. 


9/15 
Congratulations, slug. You've finally managed 
to do some good in this world, for once. 


9/29 
OK, | admit. Using the slug as a template was 
stupid. But it looks like it's working, so score 


take place in several locations, allowing access to the 
prospective facility from several places. 


@ Akill switch to sever SCP-333-B from any 
adjoining facilities is strongly advised. 


The risk of accidental discovery of the SCP-333-A should be 
carefully considered before any utilization of the SCP-333-B for 
these purposes takes place. 


Consult Addendum 333-9. 


Addendum 333-6: SCP-333-C is capable of leaving SCP-333-B. 
Any sighting of SCP-333-C within SCP-333-B is grounds for 
immediate evacuation and cessation of SCP-333-A performance. 


Addendum 333-7: Composition of SCP-333-C appears linked to 
musical instruments utilized in similar fashion to 333-B. Closer 
scrutiny of footage recorded during Experiments SCP-333-A-B 1, 2, 
3, 5, and 8 has found SCP-333-C present, appearing to be of similar 
composition to each corresponding instance of SCP-333-B, making 
it difficult to distinguish from its surroundings. This likely explains 
why its presence initially went unnoticed. 


Addendum 333-8: Operation unsuccessful. Operational 
losses exceed 90%. A five (5) megaton tactical nuclear device was 
detonated within SCP-333-B in a last-ditch attempt to prevent 
SCP-333-C escaping. SCP-333-C was undeterred. 


Addendum 333-9: Corruption of materials left within 333-B has 
been noted. This corruption generally takes the form of minuscule 
changes in chemical composition of objects left within, though in 
extreme cases physical deformation has been observed. Notable 
examples include malfunction of RoV-13b due to critical circuitry 
being displaced by [REDACTED] and the discovery of D-17711's 
skeletal system being composed of 0.1% brass by weight. | hereby 
rescind my prior recommendations for utilization of SCP-333. - Dr. 
N 


Addendum 333-10: Computer-aided analysis of SCP-333-A and all 
copies thereof, considered alongside the events of Experiments 


one for being short-tempered. 


10/5 

I'm gonna have to test this myself. Don't want 
the men in black coming after me if | turned 
some mailman into a slug monster. We all 
remember what happened last time... 


10/7 
Well, slug, you're as useless as ever. Back to 
the drawing board. 


11/14 

Why the hell is it stuck to me? Next thing you 
know it'll try to take over my brain like some 
crappy sci-fi movie. Got it out, but that hurt like 
hell. 


12/2 
Third time's a charm, right? 


12/5 
The slug exploded. Not even sure how | did 
that one. 


12/11 

Alrighty. This one was good, but | think it 
starved to death. Need to fix that, since their 
mouths seal up during the process. Hey, why 
don't these things have faces afterwards 
anyway? Okay, think, which one is easier to 
fix? 


12/24 

SUCCESS! Oh, Merry Christmas to me! 
Seriously, this is great. She's going to love 
this. Who would've thought a slug would do 
the trick? 


12/25 
| feel great today. Like I'm light as a feather, 


walking on clouds. Or however that saying 
goes. | think there's still room for improvement, 
though. Needs a little more oomph. 


12/30 

OK, version 26. Or 27? | can't remember. | 
wrote it down somewhere around here. We're 
getting close, | can feel it. 


1/4 

I'm still hungry. And | just had a big breakfast 
too, was the weird thing. I'mma grab a bite to 
eat after | test this next one. 


The recovery team noted the presence of fresh slime trails leaving 
the house after the specimens had been secured for transport. 


Footnotes 
1. fat cells 


« SCP-2828 | SCP-2829 | SCP-2830 » 


SCP-2830: "the Knowledge" 


Item #: SCP-2830 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2830-1-A through -O are 
to be secured in Foundation Garage 020-2830. The only unredacted 
copy of SCP-2830-3 and the original copy of SCP-2830-4 are to be 
secured in standard Safe-class files in Regional Headquarters 020- 
Beth. 


Twice yearly, fifteen SCP-2830-3-Positive drivers and fifteen agents 
from Local Task Force 020-Béth ("Cato Nine Tails") are to perform 
routine checks and maintenance on SCP-2830-1-A through -O to 
ensure their continued function, followed by travel outlined in 
Itinerary 2830. Any disturbances or changes noted in SCP-2830-2A!1 
are to be reported to Regional Command, who will be responsible 
for revising containment procedures and Object Class, if necessary. 


Continuing efforts will be made to identify and locate Person of 
Interest-020830 ("Penrose") and associates and detain them for 
questioning. 


Description: SCP-2830 is the collective designation? for a series of 
objects related to a formerly-operating anomalous luxury 
transportation collective, known as "the Knowledge,” believed to be 
operational from the mid-1960s to 2005. 


SCP-2830-1-A through -O are a series of fifteen Austin FX4 
hackney carriages$ which have been modified via extranormal 
means. There are three primary features shared by all instances of 
SCP-2830-1: 


1. SCP-2830-1 instances, when driven by SCP-2830-3-Positive 
individuals, can access a complex series of alternate streets 
within Greater London, termed SCP-2830-2A. 


2. The interior cabins of SCP-2830-1 instances form a shared 
space, approximately , sqminsize, termed SCP-2830-2=. 
Exterior spatial position and driving of SCP-2830-1 is 
effectively 'uncoupled' from the interior experience.4 

3. Despite the existence of SCP-2830-2=, outside observers, 
regardless of position, see SCP-2830-1 instances as spatially 
normal, and see the driver and passengers sitting calmly 
within. Research into the nature of this effect is ongoing. 


SCP-2830-2A is the area which can be accessed via SCP-2830-3- 
Positive individuals driving SCP-2830-1, a vast and potentially 
endless series of asphalt streets lined with buildings. The 
Foundation has, as of yet, not discovered methods of access to 
SCP-2830-2A other than SCP-2830-1, and no travel in 
SCP-2830-2A thus far has indicated presence of life or access by 
other groups. SCP-2830-2A is perpetually dark save for halogen 
streetlamps approximately every 10 m9. What appear to be 
buildings, trees, fire hydrants and other street-side accoutrements 
lining the streets of SCP-2830-2A are, in fact, constructed entirely of 
black asphalt, and display no signs of prior inhabitance or activity by 
any form of life. 


A different portion of SCP-2830-2A has apparently been accessed 
by every incursion, and no attempt to meet other instances of 
SCP-2830-1 within SCP-2830-2A has been successful.§ 


Photographs taken within SCP-2830-2A uniformly display distortion 
and light refraction not visible to the naked eye. All efforts to map 
SCP-2830-2A have thus far ended in failure, owing to the complex 
and potentially ever-changing internal topography of SCP-2830-2A. 
Exploration of SCP-2830-2A is only to take place with Foundation- 
approved SCP-2830-3-Positive drivers and Level 1 or above 
Foundation personnel, and said personnel are to never leave view of 
the SCP-2830-1 instance they utilized to enter SCP-2830-2A. 


SCP-2830-2= is the shared space of the interior cabins of 
SCP-2830-1-A through -O. Approximately , sqminsize, it 
consists of a large ballroom, fifteen entry/exit areas (corresponding 
to SCP-2830-1-A through -O), restrooms, a large kitchen, storage 
and rooms believed to have been used for lodging. Though wear 
patterns in SCP-2830-2= suggest it was in active use for between 


twenty and sixty years, all furnishings and contents of SCP-2830-2= 
were apparently removed prior to turnover to the Foundation, save 
one bronze chandelier, one chair, and , non-functioning light 
fixtures and water faucets, which show evidence of past regular use. 
It is not known how SCP-2830-2= received water and power when it 
was in regular use. 


The "windows" of SCP-2830-2='s rooms (excepting the fifteen entry/ 
exit areas) are apparently unbreakable and display only still blurred 
shapes and shine with natural light levels appropriate to the current 
time in London. No connection between blurred shapes visible and 
actual locations have yet been discovered, and further destructive 
testing on SCP-2830-2= has been suspended. 


The fifteen entry/exit rooms of SCP-2830-2= are a uniform size 
appropriate to their corresponding SCP-2830-1 instance's interior 
cabin, and their windows a display an accurate view of the area 
around said SCP-2830-1 instance. Within each entry/exit room, 
momentum and sensations accurate to the motion of its 
corresponding SCP-2830-1 instance can be felt. The four doors of 
each entry/exit room lead to the world outside the SCP-2830-1 
instance, and the rear door leads to the main ballroom of 
SCP-2830-2=. 


SCP-2830-3 is a -page pamphlet displaying memetic/Class-6 
("Some Concern") infohazardous properties. Reading (and 
understanding) operative phrases on pages 8 and 13 cause an 
individual to become SCP-2830-3-Positive. SCP-2830-3-Positive 
individuals display the following traits: 


« Acomprehensive, exact knowledge of streets, businesses and 
addresses in Greater London, and the most effective methods 
to wayfind between two or more locations in Greater London. 
The ability to navigate SCP-2830-1 instances into, and out of, 
SCP-2830-2A easily. Entering and exiting SCP-2830-2A can 
be done at arbitrary locations seemingly unrelated to the 
actual real-world physical distance between entry and exit 
points. This ability cannot be used to guide SCP-2830-3- 
Negative drivers into or out of SCP-2830-2A, and 
SCP-2830-3-Positive instances cannot elucidate or instruct 
SCP-2830-3-Negative individuals as to the nature of 


SCP-2830-1's effects or how they are activated.’ 


It should be noted that SCP-2830-3-Positivity does not change an 
individual's ability to drive an automobile or driving skill. Therefore, it 
is recommended that SCP-2830-3-Positive drivers used for testing 
are trained and licensed drivers with clear safety records. 


Five excerpts (with redaction of the operative phrases on pages 8 
and 13) from SCP-2830-3 are presented below. 


+ Show excerpts from SCP-2830-3 


SCP-2830-4 is a handwritten note purporting to be from a 
"Penrose," who multiple sources indicate as the founder/operator of 
"the Knowledge." It was placed on the windshield of SCP-2830-1-A 
when, on June 5, 2005, SCP-2830-1-A through -O and SCP-2830-3 
(in SCP-2830-A's glove compartment) were left in the parking lot of 
a Foundation-owned facility in Leeds. Overnight footage from the 
facility, including all backups, is missing. SCP-2830-4 is reproduced 
and transcribed below. 


Friends, 

| am known as Penrose. Many — more, | think, than you 
assume — know of the bloody world of glamour and 
strange beauty that lurks beneath the everyday. 

The Everything-Under-Everything has had its barons, its 
importers and patrons, for hundreds of years. Us 
common folk — cab drivers, for instance? — spoke of 
this world in humble whispers, if we spoke of it at all. 
But this new, hidden elite yearned to be recognized. To 
be waited on. They wanted a higher class of every 
available service. 

For forty years, the Knowledge provided that higher 
class. Everyday black cars 


on the outside, first-class accommodations within. Our 
Shadowslip Ways took the men and women who bought, 
sold and lived lives rich with powerful magic all about this 


city — the beating heart of their world. 

But my associates and | agree — we are done. Not 
because of conflict, or tragedy, no; we have done more 
than most men ever aspire to. We have made our 
money, made our friends, and it is time for us to slip 
away and enjoy it all. We want what we built to be 
admired. If we gave our goods to our biggest clients, 
they would sell them, or find new brothers to start the 
idea of the Knowledge anew. But you? You keep strange 
and beautiful things in perpetuity. | hope you enjoy our 
work. 

We certainly did. 

— Penrose ** 


Footnotes 

1. Commonly known as the "Understreets," "Shadowslip Ways." 
See: Evans, Nathaniel, "Terminology of Minor Groups of Interest in 
the Greater London Area"Fieldwork: An SCP Foundation 
Journal(2005): 412. 

2 


3. Also called cabs or London taxis. 

4. Innerly, Alastair, et al, "Books & Their Covers: 'Complex 
Uncoupling' and Subjective Interior-Exterior Physical Experiences in 
SCP-2830 and SCP- "Observer: An SCP Foundation 
Journal(2007): 312B. 

5. These streetlamps do not appear to require maintenance, but can 
be removed and damaged. No effort to relocate damaged 
streetlamps has thus far succeeded, due to the complex nature of 
SCP-2830-2A's topography. 

6. All attempts to observe signal flares, fireworks, rockets and other 
objects sent by teams from other SCP-2830-1 instances have 
similarly ended in failure. 

7. As noted in the Secondary Containment Proposal, it is possible 
SCP-2830-3-Positive individuals are intentionally withholding this 
information, or there are other unknown factors to SCP-2830-3- 
Positivity. As a compromise, Primary Containment therefore 
stipulates that only fifteen level 0 Foundation staff or contractors are 
to be SCP-2830-3-Positive at any given time. 


« SCP-2829 | SCP-2830 | SCP-2831 » 


SCP-2831: The Forest Men of 


Item #: SCP-2831 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: The known population of 
SCP-2831 is to be kept in a one square kilometer area surrounded 
by barbed wire topped chain link fence. Civilians are to be told the 
area is a protected habitat of the European pine marten (Martes 
martes). Civilians attempting to enter are to be apprehended, 
expelled and threatened with legal action if they return. 


In the event that one or more specimens of SCP-2831 breaches 
containment, personnel are to be deployed to the area immediately, 
and authorities in Cahir are to be notified. Personnel are not to make 
skin contact with any instances of SCP-2831 - all interaction with 
SCP-2831 specimens is to be carried out in full hazmat suits.