Research is not going well. This idea came to 
me in a dream and | was quite sure it would 
bear fruit. Perhaps was mistaken. Staff are 
uneasy. Do not blame them — perhaps we are 
getting nowhere here. Is my fault. 


Almost immediately after this log, he wrote: 


Had an idea! Something very special | think. 
Stars die in threes, but are born in fives. 
Everything in this world has a signal, a line 
they walk on shaped like themselves. Have 
read this. If you can make a signal, you make 
a thing. Require resources for this. Will inform 
brother. 


Some stars are dead, but we can still see 
them. Some stars have been born here, we're 
just not allowed to see them yet. 


Over the course of the next six months, three thousand, 
one hundred and twenty-five individuals visited the 
Wellness Center in small groups at a time. Footage 
analysis shows these to be a mixture of members of the 
Fifth Church and local vagrants. In each instance, the 
visitors would be shown to the main chamber of the 
Wellness Center and an event similar to the following 
would take place: 


Security footage recovered from the Indrid 
Ardo Mental Wellness Center, depicting part of 
the creation process of SCP-3255-1. 


<Begin Footage> 


(Four individuals walk into the main chamber 
of the Wellness Center. Three have been 
identified as minor members of the Fifth 
Church, while the fourth appears to be a local 
vagrant. A sphere composed of black smoke is 
present in the center of the room. All 
individuals begin to walk towards the center, 
the vagrant looking around in concern.) 


Vagrant: What is this place? 


Fifthist 1: Just be patient, man. You gotta give 
it a minute. You'll have your money when it's 
done. 


(Vagrant nods, but appears reluctant. A 
moment later, the heads of all individuals 
present jerk up and black smoke begins to 
emerge from their mouths, joining with the 
already-existing sphere. This continues for 
three minutes before emergence ceases. All 
individuals lower their heads and exit the 


room.) 
<End Footage> 


On 09/03/2017, after the observed contributions of three 
thousand, one hundred and twenty-five individuals to the 
developing sphere, the following event took place: 


<Begin Footage> 


(Twenty-two minor members of the Fifth 
Church are standing before the developing 
sphere. Their heads are pointed upwards and 
black smoke is emerging from their mouths, 
joining with the sphere. This continues for 
seven minutes before emergence ceases. 
Immediately following this, the sphere ignites 
in a flash of blue light. When this light clears, 
the sphere has become SCP-3255- 1.) 


(Pause.) 
(All individuals present begin cheering.) 
<End Footage> 
Following this event, Kellier made the following log: 


It's done. Big Blue is born. 3125 is a good 
number. A plethora of fives bring us closer to 
conclusion. Can hear him singing from here — 
is a very strong signal. Expected it to be pink, 
truth be told, but blue is fine frequency too. 


Am glad task is complete. Was exhausting 
work, and tensions are developing between 
my staff. Eager to get some relaxing in! 
Waiting for orders from up above. Feels like 
the Fifth World here already! 


Communication logs recovered from the Wellness 
Center suggest no orders from prominent Fifthists were 


received. The reason for this is unknown. 


By 09/13/2017, events in the Wellness Center had 
returned to their initial state. 'Research' regarding star 
charts and works of art was ongoing, and staff mainly 
avoided SCP-3255-1. 


On 09/26/2017, Kellier reported discomfort among his 
staff as a result of SCP-3255-1's presence: 


Minor issues. Big Blue making people sick 
when they go near him. Do not see how Fifth 
World plays into this. Illness is a constraint, not 
a freedom. Am | misunderstanding this? 


Staff seem nervous. | am nervous too. Why 
have we not been contacted? Is there 
something more important? Blue won't stop 
singing. 


On 09/29/2017, the following event took place: 


Footage takes place in main chamber of the 
Wellness Center. 


<Begin Footage> 


(Five individuals enter the room. Image 
analysis confirms them to be the research staff 
assigned to Doctor Kellier. All have relaxed 
and composed postures.) 


Researcher 1: You ready? 
Researcher 3: As we'll ever be. | love you. 


(They move towards SCP-3255-1, standing 
next to it. They then insert their heads into 
SCP-3255-1. The muffled sounds of moaning 
can be heard. This continues for three 
minutes.) 


(All individuals move away from SCP-3255-1. 
Their heads have been replaced with 
structures resembling miniaturized stars. 
Creation of all specimens of SCP-3255-2 
confirmed.) 


<End Footage> 
Immediately following this event, Kellier wrote: 


Things not good right now. Bad, in fact. Staff 
have put themselves in Big Blue. Was 
expected eventually, but not yet. It is quiet 
here now. They sit around and wander and 
bump into walls. They don't speak. The parts 
of them that spoke are speaking inside Big 
Blue now. Regrettable. Regrettable. 


According to security footage, the following weeks mostly 
consisted of Kellier wandering around the facility, 
attempting to continue initial research with star charts, 
and watching movies on television. His behaviour during 
this period suggests a deteriorating mental state as a 
result of a combination of isolation and exposure to 
SCP-3255-1. 


On 12/22/2017, Kellier made the following log entries in 
rapid succession: 


Something ho 
Something wonderful is happening to me. 


| miss the Avengers. | miss talking. | miss the 
sun. | miss the moon. | miss fives. | miss my 
fingernails. | miss Clara. | miss Parth. | miss 
Alan. | miss Makoto. | miss Dennis. Where are 
you all right now. You're having fun in there 
without me aren't you 


Hi 


saw a rat today chewing through a wire. saw 
its eyes. no smoke in there — must have gone 
into the star. how many rats went in there 
andw e [sic] didnt notice? it isnt 3125. there 
arent any fives in there. there arent any fives. 
what did we make 


There's nothing on TV 
| love you. 


Kellier then made his way towards SCP-3255-1, 
captured in the following footage: 


<Begin Footage> 


(Kellier enters the main chamber and looks at 
SCP-3255-1.) 


Kellier: Hi. 
(Pause.) 


Kellier: It's really lonely out here. Can | come 
in? 


(Pause.) 
Kellier: Okay. | love you. 


(Kellier does a running jump into SCP-3255-1 
and disappears from view. Several seconds 
later, SCP-3255-3 is ejected from 
SCP-3255-1.) 


<End Footage> 
No activity after this point was recorded until the urban 
exploration that caused the Foundation to become aware 
of SCP-3255. 


Footnotes 


1. Blind test subjects have also proven able to see SCP-3255-1. 


SCP-3256: Web of Murder 


Item #: SCP-3256 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Information relating murders 
that follow the modus operandi of the SCP-3256-A released to the 
public are to exclude all information related to the states of the 
bodies. Individuals responsible for cataloging evidence related to the 
crimes of SCP-3256-A (police officers, members of the medical 
examiner's office) are to be administered amnestics as appropriate, 
and information regarding the bodies is to be modified to a degree 
that it is rendered non-anomalous. 


Individuals who are part of Task Force WEBCUTTER are to be 
given monthly physical and psychological exams. In the event that 
any agent shows signs of being affected by SCP-3256, they are to 
be immediately contained and sent to Site-92 for treatment. New 
personnel joining WEBCUTTER are to be given a standard Euler- 
Melbourne Memetic Hazard Resistance Test (Or simply Euler- 
Melbourne Test); individuals who score lower than a threshold of 74 
are to be reassigned. 


Description: SCP-3256 refers to a memetic anomaly which 
manifests in information related to murders fitting the modus 
operandi of the Bay Binder (tentatively designated SCP-3256- 
A), a serial murderer who was active in the New England region of 
the United States from 1993-2000. Specifically, SCP-3256 has the 
ability to manifest in any written descriptions, artistic and 
photographic depictions, fictionalized or dramatized portrayals, and 
speech that depicts or describes a body mutilated in the manner 
which is consistent with SCP-3256-A's MO. 


SCP-3256-susceptible individuals (designated SCP-3256-S) who 
are exposed to SCP-3256 are designated SCP-3256-B. Upon 
infection, SCP-3256-B subjects will begin to develop several 


injury will near instantaneously grow in length until it severs a portion 
of SCP-418's body. Such injuries are uniform and clean with no 
variation or resistance due to tissue type. Despite the severe 
appearance of these injuries the portions of SCP-418's body will 
continue to function as if they were still connected to each other, 
even if an organ is severed. For example blood in a blood vessel 
that has been severed will travel from one segment to the other 
instantly as though the gap was not there. The same is true of 
materials taken in by the body, SCP-418 can drink and eat while his 
head is severed and can hear through a severed ear. 


If the severed portion is placed back in contact with the location from 
which it was severed it reconnects with no sign of injury. 


SCP-418 has trained extensively with his abilities and is able to 
consciously control many muscle functions not normally under 
human control, such as peristalsis, allowing him to use his severed 
portions and removed organs for a variety of purposes. 


SCP-418-1 is SCP-418's heart which was removed as a control on 
SCP-418's behaviour. 


Interview SCP-418/3 


SCP-418 Testing Log 

Test sequence SCP-418-7 

Test sequence conducted between 1900 and1 hourson / /19 
Dr. 


Stimulus 1: A standard Foundation combat knife applied to the 
wrist. 

Result: SCP-418's hand severed. SCP-418 reports mild discomfort 
and that this is a normal reaction to his abilities. Approx .5cc blood 
lost due to cut, no lasting injury of any kind. 

Comments: A baseline for SCP-418's abilities. The potential for the 
use of SCP-418 nerve tissue for data transmission to be 
investigated. 


Stimulus 2: Zinc plated masonry nail (60g) applied with a standard 
maintenance hammer to SCP-418's hand. 
Result: Nail driven into SCP-418's hand. SCP-418's hand is divided 


behaviors that were not previously observed in the subject, most 
prominently trichophagia, mucophagia,! and a strong aversion to 
insects, bordering on a entomophobia.2 Of note, while 
arachnophobia is often comorbid with entomophobia, SCP-3256-B 
individuals more often show signs of arachnophilia, actively seeking 
out venomous species of spider. This is possibly related to [DATA 
EXPUNGED]. 


SCP-3256-B subjects will, eventually, be compelled to carry out at 
least one murder matching the MO of SCP-3256-A. The amount of 
murders carried out by SCP-3256-B subjects is unknown, but is 
believed to be between 150 and 200. Information on murders carried 
out by SCP-3256-B act as a further vector for this meme. 


Due to the nature of SCP-3256, the MO is stored separately from 
the main document; see Addendum 3256-12. 


SCP-3256-S have several common criteria, out of thirty-nine 
observed instances: 


* 100% of SCP-3256-S individuals are both biologically male at 
birth, and identify as male. 

* 100% of SCP-3256-S individuals have lived somewhere in the 

New England region of the United States for more than five 

years. 

100% of SCP-3256-S individuals are Caucasian. 

92% of SCP-3256-S individuals have brunette hair. 

89% of SCP-3256-S individuals are between the ages of 15 

and 32. 

89% of SCP-3256-S individuals have, at some point in their 

life, have had an intimate relationship with an individual of the 

same gender. 

53% of SCP-3256-S individuals have had three or fewer 

instances of consensual sexual intercourse in their life. 


Addendum: An abridged account of the Bay Binder: The 
name " Bay Binder" was coined by the Bay Chronicle 
following the discovery of the first five victims over the course of 
March to September 1993. The last victim attributed to the Binder 
was believed to have died in July 2000, with little connection 
between the victims. No attempt was made by the individual 


committing these crimes to contact law enforcement or the media. 


The murders only occurred from Mid-March to Mid-October, and 
occurred more frequently in areas with high arachnid populations. 
Victims ranged in age from twenty to forty-five. All but one victim 
was female; the sole male victim, found in 1997, was attributed to a 
copycat prior to the discovery of SCP-3256. 


Forty-one victims were attributed to the Bay Binder in a range 
encompassing Vermont, New Hampshire, southern Maine and 
northern coastal Massachusetts; however, the number of victims 
may be higher than seventy. The killings were listed as an Item of 
Interest to the Foundation, due to their unique nature, but were 
considered to be non-anomalous. 


Information pertaining to the Bay Binder was publicly known 
for the duration of their active period, and was in the public 
consciousness for several years afterwards, due to the bizarre 
nature of the murders. The killings have formed the basis for 
episodes of several American crime drama and police procedural 
television programs, such as the 2005 CSI: Crime Scene 
Investigation episode "Web of Murder", the 2008 Bones episode 
"The Name in the Nostril", and the 2009 Criminal Minds episode 
"Said the Spider".S 


The true identity (or possibly identities) of this individual has never 
been ascertained. Due to the profile formed by SCP-3256-B 
individuals, it is assumed that the individual/individuals who carried 
out the original murders were similar in appearance and 
background. 


Discovery: SCP-3256's first known manifestation was in 2008, 
when a series of apparent copycat murders began in __, Maryland, 
home of Harold Kingsmith, an FBI profiler who worked on the 

Bay Binder case in the 1990s. Kingsmith had gone missing 24 hours 
prior to the discovery of the first body, which belonged to his wife 
Dana Quill-Kingsmith. Two further bodies were discovered before 
Kingsmith was apprehended attempting to dispose of a fourth victim. 


Kingsmith was later interviewed by an Unusual Incidents Unit agent, 
William Boston. 


Boston: Mr. Kingsmith, I'm Agent Boston, Unusual 
Incidents. 


(Kingsmith is not responsive, and remains seated.) 


Boston: You've had quite the career in the bureau. You 
were one of John Douglas's proteges,* helped work 
UNABOMS. The Binder was one of your last cases. 


(Kingsmith remains unresponsive) 


Boston: (sighs.) Okay. I've got a list of phrases here that 
I'm going to read off. Guys above me say that this 
should... well, this might get a reaction out of you, 
depending on what happened. 


Boston: It is raining in Gilgamesh, Ohio. (Pauses; no 
reaction from Kingsmith) Okay. Are We Cool Yet? (No 
reaction from Kingsmith.) Huh. You guys might have to 
edit this down, this could take a while. 


(The next twenty-four minutes consist of Agent Boston 
reading various memetic trigger phrases to Kingsmith. 
They have been excised for the sake of brevity.) 


Boston: Hotel Babylon has closed its doors. The wagtail 
has returned. Athena's loom is shattered. Pandora's box 
vomits— 


(Kingsmith begins picking at their nose as the phrase 
‘Athena's loom is shattered’ is spoken.) 


Boston: Okay, that got a reaction. Let's see, 'Athena's 
loom' corresponds to— oh shit. 


Kingsmith: We never caught him. 
Boston: What? 


Kingsmith: We never caught the Binder. (Kingsmith's 
picking at nose intensifies, and begins to draw blood) | 
caught him, though. Like you catch the clap. I. | had to. 


They were begging for it. For me to [REDACTED] their 
insides, but it wasn't me, it was never me.