SCP-2607-2 was identified in 2005, when almost every active 
member of "Islands of Desire," a server of the MMORPG! 
Neverwinter Nights devoted to erotic role-playing, sought treatment 
for herpes simplex. Approximately one week before the first users 
reported herpes simplex infections, the server had hosted a nautical 
group sex-themed event called "Orgies of the Sword Coast," 
coinciding with the release of the Neverwinter Nights expansion 
pack "Pirates of the Sword Coast;" an individual with the username 
"Sim_Plex" had been very active during this event. Attempts to trace 
this user via IP or payment information proved fruitless; investigation 
is still ongoing. 


Footnotes 

1. Massively multiplayer online role-playing game; a videogame in 
which a large number of players interact with each other in a large 
open virtual world. 


« SCP-2606 | SCP-2607 | SCP-2608 » 


SCP-2608: Anomalous Indicator Species 


Item #: SCP-2608 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: The health of all known 
SCP-2608 populations is to be monitored closely. Steps should be 
taken to prevent industrial sources from chemically damaging the 
environments these populations inhabit. 


SCP-2608 populations are to be kept at all suitable Foundation 
facilities and monitored as a priority. In the event that these 
"Advance Warning Systems" (2608-AWS) experience a decline of 
any sort, the site manager is to be alerted immediately and 
precautionary measures are to be taken. Reevaluation of the active 
radii of various occult, psychoactive, and temporal SCP objects via 
SCP-2608 subimago testing is pending O5 approval. 


As of 12/21/2014, a "doomsday cache" population is to be 
established at Site-62, and the Site-64 population has been 
expanded and repurposed to monitor unexplained global population 
fluctuation in SCP-2608. 


Description: SCP-2608 is a largely unstudied mayfly species 
(Stenonema nephilim) native to the Pacific Northwest. It is thought to 
have spread across the wetlands of North America in the last two 
decades!, outcompeting related species due to a marginally more 
efficient metabolism. 


SCP-2608 imagines can be distinguished from related species by 
their relatively larger eyes and relatively more translucent bodies— 
however, these differences are subtle enough that they cannot be 
readily identified by unqualified individuals. SCP-2608 subimagines3 
and SCP-2608 naiads‘ cannot be reliably distinguished from related 
species by any means outside of DNA examination. 


SCP-2608 was first brought to Foundation attention when the 
population experienced a then-inexplicably widespread die-off in the 
spring of 2005 now thought to be the result of the ten day delay in 
containment of SCP-1425.5 The species has since been restored to 
its former range. 


SCP-2608 populations—and, in some cases, individuals—are 
extremely vulnerable to changes in their environment, undergoing 
faulty molting and mass death when exposed to even trace 
contaminants. While this is standard among Ephemeroptera 
species, SCP-2608's sensitivity extends far outside normal bounds, 
manifesting in its anomalous properties. 


SCP-2608 is vulnerable to psychoactive manipulation and foreign or 
altered spacetime as though a physical element were present. For 
this reason, SCP-2608 populations have been cleared for use as an 
“advance warning system" (2608-AWS) and kept at appropriate 
Foundation facilities, thereby providing an early warning in case of 
growth, strengthening, or resumed activity of anomalous 
phenomena at Foundation Provisional Sites and containment breach 
at Foundation Sites and Areas. 


While the exact chemical manner in which SCP-2608 individuals are 
affected varies greatly based on the phenomenon in question and its 
source, there are two "rules of thumb" that can give rough insight 
into the strength® and proximity of the phenomenon; 


¢ The general health of an SCP-2608 population can be 
regarded as an estimate of how close its surroundings are to 
its natural environment.” 

¢ An effect strong enough to cause immediate death in an 
SCP-2608 specimen is strong enough to pose a threat to 
Foundation operatives. 


Phenomena that are harmful to SCP-2608 populations are limited to 
those that alter their environment in a manner that they are not 
prepared to compensate for. While this includes many natural 
phenomena, those that interest the Foundation (and that no 
measures have been taken to shield 2608-AWS from) include: 


* Psychoactive fields 


Telepathic fields 

* Temporal distortion 

Spatial distortion 

Reality distortion 

¢ Mere proximity to some SCP objects that do not exert any of 

the former on their surroundings. It has been theorized that in 
these cases it is some manner of "presence" surrounding the 
object that SCP-2608 populations are sensitive to. 


SCP-2608 subimagines are particularly at risk; in testing with select 
suitable SCP objects, individuals consistently perished when 
brought within the active radius of the object in question, with a very 
low degree of failure. Preliminary testing suggests that SCP-2608 
subimago testing can be used to map the borders of appropriate 
SCP objects’ "area of influence" to a startling degree of accuracy. 


Often, SCP-2608 naiads and subimagines will show signs of 
disturbance by an SCP object at much greater distances than 
human test subjects; in one noteworthy case, SCP-2608 naiads 
perished up to 800 km outside of what had previously been thought 
to be the object's area of influence. 


+ PRESENT STATUS OF SELECT 2608-AWS - 
LEVEL 4 SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED 


PROVISIONAL SITE 2608 ADVANCE WARNING 
SYSTEMS — DISTURBED STATUS INDICATES 
POSSIBLE GROWTH, STRENGTHENING OR 
RESUMED ACTIVITY OF CONTAINED SCP OBJECT'S 
"AREA OF INFLUENCE." IF AT ELEVATED OR 
HIGHER DISTURBANCE STATUS CONTACT 


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FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR IMMEDIATELY 


Facility ID Facility 2608-AWS 
Average Disturbance 
Status 

Provisional Site- UNDISTURBED 

Provisional Site-09 UNDISTURBED 

Provisional Site-23 ELEVATED 
DISTURBANCE 

Provisional Site-27 UNDISTURBED 


Provisional Site- UNDISTURBED 


Provisional Site-98-1 
Provisional Site-98-2 
Provisional Site-98-3 
Provisional Site-141 
Provisional Site-107 
Provisional Site-149 
Provisionai Site- 
Provisionai Site-193 
Provisional Site- 


UNDISTURBED 
LOW DISTURBANCE 
UNDISTURBED 
UNDISTURBED 
UNDISTURBED 
LOW DISTURBANG 
LOW DISTURBANG 


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STANDARD SITE 2608 ADVANCE WARNING 
SYSTEMS — DISTURBED STATUS INDICATES 
POSSIBLE CONTAINMENT BREACH. IF AT 
ELEVATED OR HIGHER DISTURBANCE STATUS 
CONTACT FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR 


iMMEDIATELY 
Facility ID 


Site-06 
Site- 
Site-T9 
Site-64 
Site-77 
Site-118 


Facility 2608-AWS 
Average Disturbance 
Status 
UNDISTURBED 

LOW DISTURBANCE 
LOW DISTURBANCE 
UNDISTURBED 
UNDISTURBED 
LOW DISTURBANCE 


AREA 2608 ADVANCE WARNING SYSTEMS — 
DISTURBED STATUS INDICATES POSSIBLE 
CONTAINMENT BREACH. IF AT ELEVATED OR 
HIGHER DISTURBANCE STATUS CONTACT 


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FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR iMiMEDIATELY 


Facility ID 


Area-02 
Area-12 
Area-13 
Area-14 
Area-58 
Area-1/9 
Area- 
Area-354 


Facility 2608-AWS 
Average Disturbance 
Status 
UNDISTURBED 

LOW DISTURBANCE 
UNDISTURBED 

LOW DISTURBANCE 
LOW DISTURBANCE 
UNDISTURBED 
UNDISTURBED 
CRITICALLY DISTURBED 


Area- COW DISTURBANCE 
Area- UNDISTURBED 


Addendum: - 05/26/2009 - Travel capable 2608-AWS are available 
upon request for exploration and recovery missions. Contact Dr. 
Lymph or Site-64 administration for more details. 


Addendum: - 12/21/2014 - All known wild SCP-2608 populations 
experienced a population decline 0.6% higher than expected over 
the course of the 2014 frost. In addition, all captive Foundation 
populations have experienced an unexplained 0.5% population 
decline. 2608-AWS warning allowances have been updated to 
compensate. 


Addendum: - 4/10/2015 - With the exception of the Site-62 
population,8 all SCP-2608 populations have declined a further 1.8%. 
2608-AWS warning allowances have been updated to compensate. 


Addendum: - 8/11/2015 - Global SCP-2608 population decline has 
continued to progress at a constant rate. 2608-AWS warning 
allowances have been updated to compensate and will continually 
update based on projected background disturbance. 


Footnotes 

1. Based on the vulnerability of SCP-2608 populations to certain 
phenomena, it has been suggested that this is due in part to 
Foundation activity, as the containment of such phenomena would 
allow SCP-2608 to colonize previously hostile environments. 
However, there is not currently definitive proof of this. 

2. The sexually mature adult stage of an insect. 

3. A winged, but not yet fully developed and not yet fully mature sub- 
adult stage unique to order Ephemeroptera. 

4. The aquatic juvenile stage of a mayfly. 

5. SeeSCP-1425documentation for details. 

6. The nature of the phenomenon in question cannot be determined 
via SCP-2608's reaction to it without both extensive laboratory 
testing and prior knowledge of the phenomenon. 

7. A local spacetime marsh, free of psychic interference. 

8. The Site-62 population remains at full health. 


« SCP-2607 | SCP-2608 | SCP-2609 » 


SCP-2609: Traveling Lamp 


Item#: SCP-2609 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: A live, healthy laboratory 
mouse implanted with a GPS tracking system is to be fixed securely 
to SCP-2609’s base no less than 30 minutes preceding an 
anomalous event produced by SCP-2609 (henceforth referred to 
simply as an 'event'). Absolutely no personnel are permitted within 
15 meters of SCP-2609 during the 10 minutes preceding an event. 


Upon an event occurring, MTF Pi-6! will retrieve SCP-2609 utilizing 
the GPS tracking system. 


+ Show MTF Pi-6 S.C.P. Details 


A live, healthy laboratory mouse implanted with a GPS 
tracking system is to be brought with MTF Pi-6 on all 
retrieval missions, to be used in the case that SCP-2609 
will have another event occur before being brought back 
to containment. Any objects 'overlapped' or otherwise 
altered by objects affected by SCP-2609 are to be 
destroyed. Any witnesses of the event are to be 
administered a Class A or Class B amnestic. 


Upon recovery and re-containment of SCP-2609, its light emission 
pattern is to be used to determine the time of its next event via 
Equation 2609-03. SCP-2609 should be stored in a standard 
containment locker when there is not an impending event. 


Following Event 2609-276 and the subsequent incident, interaction 
with any SCP object or entity in the moments preceding an 
SCP-2609 event is strongly discouraged. The time and date of the 


next SCP-2609 event will be updated following each event and 
provided to the heads of other Sites and Areas by the Site-15 
faculty, for use at their discretion. 


Description: SCP-2609 is a standard household tabletop lamp. 
Although SCP-2609’s power cord is intact, SCP-2609 does not need 
a power source to provide light or produce events. Additionally, the 
light bulb of SCP-2609 cannot be removed from the rest of the 
object without breaking. Attempts to otherwise disable SCP-2609 
have also been unsuccessful (see Addendum SCP-2609-B). 
Complete destruction of SCP-2609 has not yet been attempted. 


SCP-2609 emits brief flashes of light in a distinct pattern. The time 
between flashes and the intensity of the flash both correspond to the 
time remaining until an event, with the interval decreasing and the 
brightness increasing the closer SCP-2609 is to an event2. This 
relation has been quantified, expressed by Equation 2609-03, and 
can be used to predict the time of the next event within 0.8 seconds. 
However, time between events varies. 


Upon an event occurring, a flash of light approximately two orders of 
magnitude brighter than any other emission by SCP-2609 is 
observed. SCP-2609 and any living organic matter within 
approximately 11 meters of it are then instantaneously teleported to 
an apparently random location. These destinations have all been 
located on the surface of Earth, with the exceptions of Events 
2609-121 and 2609-180 (see Addendum SCP-2609-C). SCP-2609 
has not as of yet teleported to the same location twice, with the 
closest two locations being approximately 21 kilometers apart’. 


+ Addendum SCP-2609-A: Anomalous Event Details 


The overwhelming majority of events occur within three 
to four weeks of the last event, but outliers have been 
observed. The longest interval between events observed 
to date was approximately two months and two weeks?. 
The shortest interval between events observed to date 
was a mere four hours and eight minutes, resulting in 
several civilians being included in Event 2609-64 due to 
the event occurring before MTF Pi-6 personnel could 
arrive to retrieve SCP-2609 (see Addendum SCP-2609- 


C). No pattern has been found to describe the time 
between events. 


Inorganic matter is not affected by SCP-2609 (with the 
exception of SCP-2609 itself) unless it is entirely 
contained within living organic matter. Dead organic 
matter is treated the same as inorganic matter. GPS 
tracking devices implanted into live laboratory mice have 
been effective in tracking the location of SCP-2609 after 
events. 


Matter teleported along with SCP-2609 appears at the 
new location without changing its distance, direction, and 
orientation relative to SCP-2609. This can cause 
teleported matter to ‘overlap’ with matter already present 
at the new location. The teleported overlapping matter 
appears to take priority over matter already present at 
the new location, causing the already present matter to 
disappear where there is overlap with the teleported 
matter. However, any voids within overlapping teleported 
matter are filled with the already present matter where 
there is overlap, making the effect fatal in some 
circumstances. 


SCP-2609 is not known to have ever teleported such that 
it itself overlaps with objects at its new location. Due to 
this phenomenon, the GPS-implanted mice are to be 
fixated to SCP-2609’s base, to maximize the probability 
that they will not be killed by overlapping with nearby 
objects upon being teleported. If the mouse is killed and 
SCP-2609 is not retrieved before the next event, 
SCP-2609 will not take the dead mouse with it during the 
event, thus also leaving behind the GPS tracking system 
as well. 


+ Addendum SCP-2609-B: Notable Experiments 
Experiment 2609-E-3 : Testing Eligible Matter 


Following Event 2609-4, Equation 2609-01 
was used to determine the approximate time of 


presence forms the major issue with SCP-293 detection, as it is 
almost impossible to detect if items or people are “infected” by 
SCP-293 without long-term observation. 


SCP-293 “bonds” to physical items, in most cases small, lightweight 
items; however, larger items, such as cars, trees, and, in one case, 
a two-story residential home, are not unknown. SCP-293 will spread 
to new items if they are left in close (2 meters or less) proximity for 
several weeks. SCP-293 does not appear to “bond” living things and 
its effect is only visible in humans. It is unknown how SCP-293 
spreads to new items, or what the criteria are for an item to be 
“bonded”; however, there appears to be a higher probability of 
“bonding” for items that can be easily carried/transported in a human 
hand.