On a few notable occasions involving long-unsolved 
crimes by still active criminals, there have been guests of 
a more blatantly anachronistic nature, stand-outs among 
whom include Phil Harris, the Andrews Sisters, Frank 
Sinatra, Buddy Holly, The Who, Elvis Presley, Diana 
Ross, and The Beatles. Heavily anachronistic guests 
tend to take the role of primary artist, the song performed 
in their style, with SCP-2137-2 joining as a rap guest. 


When contacted, none of these artists had any 
recollection of recording for, or information regarding, 
SCP-2137. 


The crimes themselves share that they are unsolved, or, in some 
cases, have escaped detection entirely. The majority of instances of 
SCP-2137-1 address crimes of private citizens such as serial killers, 
spree-murders, or career criminals, though occasionally the songs 
will address larger groups, such as Hamas, ISIS, the IRA, and even 
in two separate instances the Chaos Insurgency and the Church of 
the Broken God. 


A prototypical example of SCP-2137-1 is included here for 
reference. 


+ Excerpt from SCP-2137-1-542 


Jeff Riegert out there and still stalkin the night, 
Killed his brother and five strangers with the 
same damn knife, 

Now it's not my place to tell you what to do, 
But nigga | know what | would do if | were you 
He hid the blade in an old barn off the North 
111 

He already got six dog don't let him make it 
seven 


When the crimes have been addressed and the guilty parties 
brought to light, either by the legal system or otherwise, SCP-2137-1 
is immediately replaced by a new instance. However, the track is 


easily recorded through conventional means, recorded versions are 
not subject to change or replacement, and the original can be 
replayed from the CD endlessly before the killer is found, with no 
little variation. There are currently nearly one thousand instances of 
SCP-2137-2 on record. 


+ Initial Recovery Log 


SCP-2137 was recovered in the home of Avon 
Lincoln, arrested for the vigilante slaying of 
Michael Ferris, who was later revealed to have 
been the Ojai Strangler, responsible for six 
murders over the summer of 1996. 


Avon's insistence that Tupac Shakur spoke to 
him from beyond the grave and told him he 
had to take justice into his own hands, 
because Ferris' position as District Attorney 
would prevent a fair trial, drew the attention of 
Foundation agents after the song in question 
was produced as evidence in court. 


Amnestics were administered to all involved, 
and Lincoln was released back into the 
general population. 


Addendum 1a: The XK Incident: 


Initially, researchers experimented with anonymously tipping off 
local police departments through Foundation plants, which led to the 
resolution of over cold cases, including the recovery of SCP- , 
SCP-_ , and SCP-617, though no direct link has been established 
other than the murders involved. 


However, after years this use of the SCP was deemed impractical; 
repeatedly addressing the crimes discussed in 2137's "music" was, 
in practice, allowing the SCP to dictate the circumstances of its 
containment, and under the wrong circumstances, opened the 
Foundation to potential exposure through continuous interaction with 
law enforcement at all levels across multiple governments. 


In response to this, O5-9 ceased addressing the crimes in late 20 . 


After two months passed, SCP-2137's behavior radically changed, 
when, for the first time, an instance of SCP-2137-1 was produced 
that revealed SCP-2137-2 had an awareness of its containment. 


+ Excerpt from SCP-2137-1-851 


You say you're about security but you ain't the 
good guys, 

You redact and expunge man your silence is 
lies 

You say you're here to protect yet you're 
letting killers run free 

Don't make me show you how rough this thug 
can be 

Well, 

You can't contain the king dawg 

Homie you do not wanna start this struggle 

| suggest you change the tune unless you're 
looking for trouble 

Maybe y'all should lay back and let me do my 
duty, 

Locked in drawer feelin like y'all tryna screw 
me, 

You're steppin all up on my destiny 

You might not believe I'm the real Pac 

But I'm not just a CD 


The decision was made to halt testing entirely, rather than 
acquiesce. 


After one week passed, an instance of SCP-2137-1 appeared 
spontaneously on the YouTube channel of Los Angeles-based hip 
hop station [DATA EXPUNGED}], and in the lone hour before it was 
taken down accrued over views. 


"XK Scenario” Incident 


The image displayed on the video was a still photograph, 
apparently authentic though by its nature highly 


anomalous. The photograph is of Shakur, estimated to 
be in his early forties,! wearing the garb of Foundation 
D-Class Personnel, with his middle fingers raised. The 
accompanying song, titled " ," focused on SCP- _ , 
revealing its actual location and means by which it could 
be broken free of current containment procedures, and 
identified several members of the O5 Council by their 
first names as it described the function and nature of the 
Foundation. 


In a massive sweeping operation involving the activation of multiple 
task forces across _ continents all trace of the video was erased, and 
all viewers were administered Class-A Amnestics. Midway 
through this operation, an entire album titled "XK Scenario" was 
released to the iTunes account of Beyonce Knowles. Each song 
featured SCP-2137-2, as well as a variety of guest artists, and 
focused on a different Keter class SCP currently in captivity. 


Though SCP tracking bots were able to bring "XK Scenario" down 
after only downloads, complete digital eradication of the individual 
files has proven difficult. Though no loss of life or property was 
incurred, the sheer scale of the danger posed by this containment 
breach prompted a Foundation-wide state of high alert. This 
prompted an ongoing upgrade to all automatic SCP firewalls, and 
engendered the reclassification of SCP-2137 from Euclid to Keter. 


The breach sparked heated debate as to how to proceed with the 
containment of (and conceptual understanding regarding) 
SCP-2137, which came to an end upon the appearance of a new 
instance of SCP-2137-1. This instance was produced spontaneously 
through the mouth of SCP-__, which appeared to fall into a trance 
state during the incident, with the lyrics, in totality, repeatedly written 
in what was identified as [DATA EXPUNGED] one hundred and 
seventeen thousand (117,000) times all over the interior of its 
containment chamber. 


+ Excerpt from SCP-2137-1-564 


Help me catch my killers 
And I'll let you have yours 
Trust me, you nerds do not want a war 


remaining cake before declaring satiation. 
After seven minutes, subject started showing 
signs of anaphylactic shock. Epinephrine was 
administered, and subject was stabilized. 
Subject eventually recovered, although 
recovery time was somewhat longer than 
expected. 


Analysis: It appears that, although the recipes 
from SCP-241 are potentially hazardous to 
anyone susceptible to the allergen in question, 
SCP-241’s recipes are most potent against the 
Target. Results from Tests 241-12 and 241-13 
are encouraging to [DATA EXPUNGED] for 
[DATA EXPUNGED]. 


Test 241-14, / /20 


Subject: Subject 241-H was chosen from 
general population. According to complete 
health screenings, subject has no food 
allergies. 


Procedure: Subject was instructed to open 
SCP-241 and leave it open for analysis. 


Results: Analysis of SCP-241 showed that 79 
of the recipes on its pages called for chicken 
eggs or egg-based products. 15 of the 
remaining recipes called for eggs from [DATA 
EXPUNGED]. The other five recipes [DATA 
EXPUNGED]. These five recipes were 
transcribed by [DATA EXPUNGED] and turned 
over to [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


Subject 241-H stated that she had never 
experienced any problems eating eggs before. 
Subject was presented with one dozen hard- 
boiled chicken eggs and was instructed to eat 
them. Subject asked for salt and pepper 
(granted), and proceeded to eat the eggs. 


What if | told you | it all? 


What if everyone knew that bout to 
fall? 
You and the 
Cause | don't think you want playin’ in 
public 
my nigga 
Montauk 


make you my bitch 

fuck and|see it all 
You won't like what happens if you break the 
CD 
Think my rhymes are a problem? 
You don't want to deal with the real me 
| can hear you right thinkin of a fucking plan 
You can't stop me I'm the fucking man 
So consider long and hard the hammer I'm 
swingin’ 
Cause the next time you open your mouth 
It might just be me singin’ 


The decision was made to resume the former method of testing, 
involving the embedded informants used to relay SCP-2137's 
evidence and information, while continuing to study the method by 
which SCP-2137 transmits its broadcasts, in an effort to truly contain 
it completely. SCP-2137-2 resumed its previous behavioral pattern, 
SCP-2137-1s focusing on crimes until their killers are located by 
conventional law enforcement, with the exception of one final track 
— at this time, its last recorded direct interaction with the 
Foundation. 


+ Excerpt from SCP-2137-1-565 


Lil Wayne: 

Yung Wizzle Wozzle, 

Biggle boggle baby I'm anomalous, 
Got a room in Site 7 next to the talkin’ 
hippopotamus 


And you're forgiven but now you gotta feed the 
meter 

Young Tune on the track, better upgrade this 
to Keter 

Call me Mister Magnanimous 

Mister Magnificent 

yeah bitch get like me, 

Weezy F baby live for the S-C-P 


SCP-2137-2: 

Aw my niggas, 

| Knew you'd come around 

Step in the ring with a god and you're gonna 
get clowned 

But let's be real homie there was no need to 
fight it 

There's a grander design, and | betcha gonna 
like it 

You got a lot of gray 

and that keeps you up at night 

but sometimes 

things really are just black and white 


Investigation into any kind of link or pattern between the crimes 
SCP-2137 solves is ongoing, as is interest to why it doesn't use its 
agency to pursue the criminals in question rather than working 


through proxies. 


1. At the time of his murder in 1996, Shakur was twenty-five years 


« SCP-2136 | SCP-2137 | SCP-2138 » 


SCP-2138: Secrets, secrets are no fun... 


Item #: SCP-2138 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2138 is contained in a 
pressurised canister, sealed inside an air-tight box. The box is 
stored in a standard containment locker at Site-73. Pressure 
sensors inside the canister are programmed to notify staff in case of 
any leak. 


Response to any leak, or any other activity requiring the 
containment locker to be opened, is to be carried out by Level-1 
personnel trained to operate the site's industrial vacuum system. In 
the event of containment breach by SCP-2138, all personnel with 
Level-3 security clearance and higher are to be evacuated from 
Site-73 immediately. Any persons exposed to SCP-2138 are to be 
quarantined in isolation pending Site Director instructions. 


Research on SCP-2138 has been terminated following Incident 
SCP-2138-1. As a result of Incident SCP-2138-2, no instances of 
SCP-2138-A are available for further study. 


Description: SCP-2138 is a light blue, odourless, gaseous 
substance of unknown composition. The substance is chemically 
inert with normal atmospheric gases, is not flammable, and exhibits 
a rapid rate of diffusion. Initial gas chromatography results were 
inconclusive, and further physical and chemical properties of 
SCP-2138 have not been established. SCP-2138 was generated as 
a by-product of Dr Isaacs’ attempts to synthesise a less harmful 
alternative to current psychoactive substances used as "truth 
serums" in Foundation field work.1 


Exposure to or inhalation of SCP-2138 results in no harmful physical 
effects on animal specimens tested, but humans exposed to the 
substance exhibit the anomalous effect referred to as SCP-2138-A. 


Whether SCP-2138 has the same anomalous effect on all sapient 
entities is unknown. 


SCP-2138-A consists of the appearance of a dark rectangular shape 
(approximately 45 x 30 cm) above the subject's head. The shape 
displays a series of short statements in bright yellow text, with the 
series repeating over time. Each statement discloses information 
known to the subject alone, or to the subject and a limited set of 
others. The effect appears to be permanent, although a change in 
the subject's knowledge will affect the content of the statements 
displayed. SCP-2138-A is invisible to the subject, and attempts to 
interact physically with SCP-2138-A appear to be harmful to the 
subject. 


+ View Incident Report SCP-2138-1 


Incident Report: SCP-2138-1 

Date: 05/21/20 

Location: Site-73, Research Laboratory 218-B — Dr 
Isaacs (Head of Site-73 Materials Research) supervising. 
Note: After animal testing of SCP-2138 revealed no 
anomalous effects, human testing was commenced on 
Dr Isaacs’ authority. 


10:15 AM: 


¢ D-13962 is seated in the testing 
chamber. A low concentration of 
SCP-2138 is introduced via respirator. 

¢ D-13962 reports no pain or discomfort. 
D-13962's vital signs remain at baseline 
levels. 


10:21 AM: 


¢ Observation team detects the 
appearance of SCP-2138-A above 
D-13962's head. 

* Observation team records the following 
statements: 


"There is a stash of cigarettes 
under my mattress" 

"[D-4435] disgusts me and | just 
pretend to like him" 

"| did not kill my father but | lied to 
save my kid brother from jail” 
"When those guys in robes 
attacked the labs | got shot but 
they were shooting at Dr Isaacs" 
"There is a place called the 
Foundation and they have weird 
machines they are in an office 
block in Texas" 


Oe) S) 


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10:26 AM: 


¢ D-13962 is asked to look up and read 
the text on SCP-2138-A. D-13962 turns 
to look upward, but is unable to see 
SCP-2138-A. 

* D-13962 attempts to touch SCP-2138-A. 

¢ D-13962 suffers sudden drop in heart 
rate and respiration, and exhibits 
symptoms consistent with cardiac arrest. 

¢ Dr Isaacs enters the testing chamber, 
removes the respirator from D-13962 
and commences CPR. 

¢ Observation team requests assistance 
from Foundation EMTs. 

¢ D-13962's circulation and respiration 
returns after 90 seconds of CPR. 


10:34 AM: 


¢ Foundation EMTs arrive and remove 
D-13962 for transfer to medical bay. 

¢ An instance of SCP-2138-A appears 
above Dr Isaacs' head. 

* Observation team records the following 
statements: 


© "| know what D-13962 did for me 
and | switched his assignments to 
my safest projects" 

© "The true purpose of SCP-1176 is 
[REDACTED]" 

O [DATA EXPUNGEDJ2 


10:50 AM: 


¢ Site Director is notified of security 
breach by Dr Isaacs. 

¢ Site Director authorises use of B-class 
amnestics for D-13962 and the 
observation team. 


+ Post-Incident Debrief SCP-2138-1 - 
“Level 4 Clearance required** 


Transcript of Post-Incident Debrief following Incident 
SCP-2138-1 


Date: 05/21/20 
Time: 4:30 PM 
Attendees: Site-73 Director, Dr Jan Isaacs 


SD-73: Recording now. This is Site Director 
Garcia, noting for the record the outcome of 
my discussion with Dr Jan Isaacs following 
Incident SCP-2138-1. As discussed, Dr Isaacs, 
your involvement in the incident has given rise 
to what | could euphemistically call a human 
resources issue. For obvious reasons, we 
haven't been able to include HR 
representatives in this meeting - that's also 
why we're using audio recording, and not 
video. 


Dr Isaacs: This is Dr Isaacs. For the record, | 
confirm that this approach has my full consent. 


SD-73: So, where should we start? 


Dr Isaacs: Well, our debate on the relative 
ethical merits of the use of clearance to adjust 
experimental assignments versus D Class 
treatment in general was, well, spirited, but 
let's gloss over that, shall we?