Still, | must request you allow me the tiniest bit of 
indulgence, just a tale here and there that | may aid in. It 
is my purpose, and otherwise it is awfully dull in your 


care. | would have to interest myself, and | don't like 
interesting myself. | don't think you would either. 


And so, in short, all I'm asking is just an iota of fun every 
once in a while, just to know I'm not completely out of 
use. That's all, and | sincerely hope you don't have 
another catastrophe like the one | caused. 


Sincerely, 
Model-243-U, product of the People's Librariation Army® 


Footnotes 

1. Documents consisting of mainly numeric integers or symbols will 
not be affected. 

2. Individuals who come into contact with multiple instances of 
SCP-1473-A report that SCP-1473-B's personality does not change 
after the initial interaction. 

3. Notable examples of this include subjects showing an increased 
interest in equestrians after readingComplete Horse Care Manualby 
Colin Vogel, being convinced that they can perform magic and are 
surrounded by non-magical peoples after readingHarry Potter and 
the Prisoner of Azkabanby J.K. Rowling, and being convinced that 
the American Civil War never actually ended after readingThe 
American Pageant: Thirteenth Editionby David Kennedy, Lizabeth 
Cohen, and Thomas Bailey. 

4. Due to the nature of the incident, the exact date of breach can 
only be speculated. The stated date corresponds to the initial 
documentation of SCP-_. 

5. All involved in the incident had worked closely with SCP- 

6. No such group has been found. 


« SCP-1472 | SCP-1473 | SCP-1474 » 


SCP-1474: In Solidarity with Xiu Lidao, Great Sage, 
Equal of Heaven 


Item #: SCP-1474 
Object Class: Keter Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1474 is to be surrounded 
by at least 400 individual garlands composed of common daisies 
(Bellis perennis). Each individual garland must be composed of no 
fewer than 1080 flowers. 


Two level-1 Foundation personnel fluent in Mandarin Chinese are to 
monitor SCP-1474-02 for potential changes in necessary 
containment procedures at all times. In the event of a containment 
breach, all air from the containment area is to be vented into an 
adjacent storage facility. D-class personnel wearing self-contained 
breathing apparatus are to enter and enact new containment 
procedures. Should the necessary time for the enactment of new 
containment procedures exceed one hour, the containment area of 
SCP-1474 is to be vacated until all SCP-1474-03 has been 
successfully removed from the area. 


SCP-1474 is to be kept in Outdoor Storage Area 36. No attempt to 
enclose SCP-1474 is to be made. 


Description: SCP-1474 is an installation composed of three parts, 
numbered SCP-1474-01, -02, and -03. SCP-1474-01 isa 
mechanism contained within a standard 12 x 2.4 m shipping 
container. The container has several hundred holes drilled into the 
top and sides, presumably to allow the escape of SCP-1474-03. 
SCP-1474-01 is constructed from wheels, pipes, gears, 
refrigerators, police tape, cogs, water coolers, and springs. It is 
capable of operating indefinitely without a power source. During 
operation, component pieces of SCP-1474-01 become impossible to 
break or harm. If a part of the object is removed during 


SCP-1474-01's passive state, the object continues to function, 
regardless of the loss. If efforts to contain SCP-1474-01 are 
unsuccessful, or if its containment procedures change, it 
automatically begins to operate. It is not known how the object is 
able to detect changes in its environment, nor how its operation is 
capable of adapting to containment procedures. See Addendum 
1474-G-87r for additional details. 


SCP-1474-02 isa ___ -brand speaker affixed to the casing of 
SCP-1474-01. Attempts to activate it or locate an internal or external 
power source have been unsuccessful. SCP-1474-02 activates an 
average of once every three days. When active, it announces a new 
series of containment procedures in Mandarin Chinese. The 
conditions of the announcement must be met to maintain the 
passive state of SCP-1474-01. Immediately following the 
announcement of changing containment procedures, previous 
containment procedures for SCP-1474-01 cease to function, and 
SCP-1474-01 begins operation. 


Following operation for more than one hour, SCP-1474-01 releases 
an aerosol composed of several compounds, including liquid 
polythene, melamine formaldehyde, and polyvinyl chloride, 
designated SCP-1474-03, at a rate of 500 liters per second. Upon 
contact with a solid, it immediately condenses and forms a barrier 
around the surface of the object. When coated in a layer of 
SCP-1474-03, subjects have been immobilized in 100% of recorded 
instances. In the event of inhalation, SCP-1474-03 will coat the 
interior of the subject's lungs, leading to death by asphyxiation. Non- 
pulmonary exposure to SCP-1474-03 does not have any lasting 
adverse side-effects, and the coating can be removed without 
significant injury. The means by which the components of 
SCP-1474-03 have been aerosolized is unknown. SCP-1474-01 and 
-02 appear immune to the effects of SCP-1474-03, and continue to 
function without incident in its presence. Review of security footage 
has revealed that SCP-1474-03 is not emitted by any one portion of 
SCP-1474-01, but rather comes from the object as a whole. 


Selected Former Containment Procedures 


¢« //20 :SCP-1474-01 is to be surrounded by a 
ring of 19 D-Class personnel wearing standard 


People's Liberation Army (PLA) uniforms and fitted 
with standard CDS collars. The D-Class personnel 
are to be instructed to sing the Chinese children's 
song "Liang Zhi Lao Hu" and skip in time to the 
song. In the event of fatigue, the CDS collars are 
to deliver a dose of 3 mg of Stimulant Batch 87 to 
the jugular vein. Any D-Class personnel attempting 
to break or leave the ring is to be terminated 
immediately. Remaining D-Class personnel are to 
close the ring as quickly as possible and continue 
containment procedures. 


« //20 : One D-Class personnel fluent in Mandarin 
Chinese and clad in a Chinese tunic suit (popularly 
known as a "Mao suit") is to enter the container for 
SCP-1474-01. The door to the container is to be 
closed and locked. The D-Class is to narrate an 
account of their life, from conception to death, told 
in the first person. The narrative is to be 
embellished at every possible point, leaving only 
the most basic elements intact. All narratives are 
to last at least three hours and are to end with the 
phrase "I forwent attachment and in so doing, won 
against myself." 


¢ / /20 : 400 Papilio paris (Paris Peacock butterfly) 

larvae are to be introduced to the container for 
SCP-1474-01, along with 100 kg of Standard 
Nutrient Substance 83-n. The doors to the 
container are to be sealed for 14 days. Upon 
unsealing of the doors, D-Class personnel 
equipped with butterfly nets are to attempt to 
recapture as many butterflies as possible. 


For a complete list of containment procedures, consult document 
1474-8f. 


Recovery Log 1474 


SCP-1474 was discovered by police at 5:30 AM on 
09/10/20 in Park in , China. At the time of 


discovery, no part of the object was active. The container 
was opened by Officer , who mistook SCP-1474-01 
for an explosive device. At 5:45 AM, members of the 
local bomb squadron arrived to attempt to defuse the 
object. A cordon was placed in a 400 m radius around 
the object at 5:47 AM, and civilians evacuated from the 
area. At 5:48 AM, SCP-1474-01 and -02 became active, 
with SCP-1474-02 detailing that a paper maché 
mountain be built to cover it. Attempts to disarm or 
remotely detonate SCP-1474-01 proved ineffective, and 
at 6:48 AM, approximately 10,000 liters of SCP-1474-03 
was released into the park, leading to seventeen 
casualties. At this time, several Foundation agents 
embedded in the Police Department reported the 
incident, and the object was eventually taken into 
Foundation custody. 


Upon containment, a small placard was found inside SCP-1474-01. 
For further details, see document 1474-1d-29 


Document 1474-1d-29 


In Solidarity with Xiu Lidao’, Great Sage, Equal of 
Heaven 

Zhang San2, 2508 

Only what is clung to can be lost. Only what is trapped 
can escape. 


Request 1474-03-f 


After months and over different containment 
procedures for SCP-1474, the time has come to 
reevaluate its nature. It is not simply an anomalous 
object; it is a work of art, and must be viewed as such. 
The placard found within suggests that it is political in 
nature, specifically about a Chinese political prisoner. Its 
anomalous properties began to manifest the second that 
the police barrier around it closed, and have only 
continued despite our best efforts at containment. As a 
work of art, it is dependent on context. The context for 
the work is containment and imprisonment; if we no 


longer contain it, containment will cease to be an issue. 
Requesting permission to relocate SCP-1474 outdoors in 
a non-enclosed area. 

- Dr. Lomax 


Request granted. SCP-1474 is to be moved temporarily 
to Outdoor Storage Facility 36. -O5- 


Addendum 1474-G-87r 


After several rounds of testing, it appears that SCP-1474 
ceases activity when not enclosed. For the past five 
weeks, SCP-1474-01 and -02 have been completely 
inactive. Propose changing containment procedures to 
reflect these findings. 

- Dr. Lomax 


Request granted. -O5- 


Footnotes 

1. Chinese artist and political activist. Arrested in 2005. Currently 
serving a ten-year prison sentence for "disruption of political 
harmony and agitation against the State." 

2. A Chinese placeholder name, used in a context similar to that of 
"John Doe" in English 


« SCP-1473 | SCP-1474 | SCP-1475 » 


SCP-1475: 100% Brainpower 


Item #: SCP-1475 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1475 is to be kept in a 
Medical Quarantine Containment Cell - Grade III, equipped with a 
standard adjustable-positioning hospital bed and remote 
biotelemetry monitoring. The cell is also to contain a high-definition 
television easily visible from the bed. SCP-1475 is allowed to watch 
any pre-approved videos concerning human biology’ that it 
requests. 


SCP-1475 is to have the following medical monitoring devices 
attached at all times, with the data shown on a physiological 
monitoring display visible to it: an electrocardiograph machine 
(EKG), a pulse oximeter, an insertable blood pressure transducer 
assembly, and an electroencephalograph machine (EEG)2. 
Additionally, an arterial catheter and peripheral IV line have been 
installed for ease in blood chemistry monitoring and nutritional 


supply. 


A medical team briefed on SCP-1475's anomalous properties is to 
be on-hand at all times in order to perform testing and render 
medical treatment assistance as needed. 


Description: SCP-1475 is a male human of Gujarati ethnicity. On 
2013- - , SCP-1475 and four other individuals? were discovered by 
campus security in one of the chemistry labs of [REDACTED] 
University in London, England, following reports of a small 
explosion. All five individuals were experiencing severe generalized 
tonic-clonic seizures at the time of discovery and three expired while 
being transported to a local hospital. Although SCP-1475 stabilized 
after being administered anticonvulsants, the remaining individual 
expired due to neurological ischemic cascade. 


SCP-1475 was brought to the attention of the Foundation by an 
embedded agent in the NHS (National Health Services), following 
repeated electroencephalographs showing constant and 
simultaneous activity in all regions of SCP-1475's brain despite no 
outward indication of seizure activity. Following the acquisition of 
SCP-1475 by the Foundation, interviews with SCP-1475 revealed 
that it and its colleagues had been attempting to synthesize a 
compound that would allow them to "use 100% of our brainpower." 
SCP-1475 has only been able to provide limited information 
regarding the chemical composition or production process of this 
compound. All attempts to replicate the substance have resulted in 
non-anomalous neurotoxic materials. 


SCP-1475 possesses total conscious control of all its neurological 
functions. It has demonstrated a limited ability to modify its brain and 
neurological architecture, and has eliminated its need for sleep, as 
well as improved its metabolic rate by approximately 17%. However, 
its autonomic nervous control system is fully non-functional. Due to 
this, SCP-1475 must constantly concentrate on monitoring and 
maintaining its cardiovascular, pulmonary, and digestive systems, 
among others, or they will cease functioning. 


SCP-1475 has not yet demonstrated the degree of concentration or 
coordination necessary to utilize more than one or two voluntary 
muscle groups at a time while also managing its previously 
autonomic systems. As such, SCP-1475 is considered a low risk for 
escape. SCP-1475 does not display any heightened degree of 
control of any biological processes that do not require neurological 
control, such as tissue repair, cellular activity, or automatic non- 
neurological organ functions such as hepatic blood filtering or 
hematological oxygen/nutrient exchange. 


SCP-1475 has displayed evidence of systemic organ damage due to 
erratic blood pressure variations, extreme blood glucose variations, 
hypo- and hypervolemia, and consistently low and variable blood 
oxygenation (average 93% +/- 4%). Current research on SCP-1475 
is targeted at finding methods to supplement or replace its 
autonomic control functions without otherwise interfering with its 
anomalous neurological activity. 


SCP-1475 is insistent that it and its partners were acting 


independently, but given that the neurotoxic compound displays 
significant similarities to materials used during the RAINBOW 
ASTRA programme, investigations are ongoing to determine 
whether this is a coincidence or the result of an unknown party 
attempting to replicate the program's results. 


Footnotes 

1. See file 1475-V1-V37.dat for a full list of currently approved 
material. 

2. Sustained epileptiform activity is considered normal for 
SCP-1475. Medical intervention is only necessary if brainwave 
activity approaches human normal. 

3. See file 1475-H1-H4.dat for full biographical, medical and 
postmortem data. 


« SCP-1474 | SCP-1475 | SCP-1476 » 


SCP-1476: Shattering Geese 


Item #: SCP-1476 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1476 specimens are 
contained at a dedicated aviary attached to Site . Experimentation 
or interaction with SCP-1476 outside of normal feeding and aviary 
maintenance may only be performed with prior permission from at 
least two (2) Level 3 senior research staff, and any excess 
specimens must be disposed of via incineration. 


Any wild populations of SCP-1476 are to be destroyed after 
specimens are collected, preferably while they are in an immobile 
state. 


Description: SCP-1476 is a flock of genetically identical birds 
visually indistinguishable from Branta canadensis, or Canada geese. 
SCP-1476 exhibits natural behavior consistent with normal B. 
canadensis, with the exception that SCP-1476 appears to be 
ectothermic and lacks normal migratory and reproductive instincts. 
Instead, when the ambient temperature drops below freezing, 
SCP-1476 instances will seek open areas and allow themselves to 
freeze.