During this time, any individual outside the range of effect, hereby 
known as an observer, may enter the area and interact with affected 
objects. Any object or individual willfully contacted (either directly or 
via another object) by an observer will resume normal behavior: that 
is, objects will fall, individuals will begin moving, breathing, and 
thinking, and chemical reactions will resume. All others remain 
frozen as before until either touched by an observer or the effect 
ends. This "unfreezing" effect appears to be entirely subjective; only 
objects that the observer touches or influences intentionally will 
resume normal activity. Common phenomena such as rain and wind 
will not have any effect on the area and will behave as though all 
objects and individuals in the affected area are rigid and non- 
absorbent. 


Instances of SCP-235 and the devices playing them cannot be 
interacted with during a freeze. All forces, up to and including plastic 
explosives, have proven unable to affect either device while in this 
state. 


Neither copies nor recordings of SCP-235 exhibit any of the 
anomalous effects displayed by SCP-235. It is believed that the 
effects of SCP-235 are caused by an anomaly specific to the 
records themselves and is not attributable to the contents of the 
records. 


SCP-235-1 was found in 194 . It was discovered atop a record 
player, found at the scene of the murder of [REDACTED], who was 
at the time president of the [REDACTED] Corporation. SCP-235-2 
was found still spinning at a wedding between [DATA EXPUNGED]. 
Both bride and groom were found murdered by single gunshot 
wounds to the head with no witnesses, despite both individuals 


may persist within a family line. 
+ Red-Vector Information 


SCP-2098-Red vectors are generated when an 
SCP-2098 event takes place on the affected subject's 
birthday. Current research indicates that 2098-Red 
vectors exhibit the following characteristics across all 
affected communities, though observation is limited and 
difficult pending updated contact procedures: 


- SCP-2098-Red instances are constantly active, highly 
virulent vectors for SCP-2098 perceptive infection. If they 
are heard speaking by unaffected individuals at a range 
of closer than 15 meters for longer than approximately 
120 seconds, such individuals will become 2098-Green 
instances; substituting the date of exposure with "Saint 
Simon's Day" and attendant phenomena. Audio/visual 
recordings of 2098-Red vectors do not retain this effect. 


- SCP-2098-Red vectors can selectively omit existing 
holidays from widespread perception through extended 
public speaking. If allowed to speak for greater than a 
1200-second threshold, any individuals (affected or 
unaffected) capable of hearing and understanding the 
2098-Red vector will begin to replace knowledge of 
existing, culturally established holidays with the 
fabricated information regarding "Saint Simon's Day" 
provided by the 2098-Red instance. Subjects affected by 
this aspect of SCP-2098-Red vectors can identify 
multiple dates as "Saint Simon's Day" concurrently 
without cognitive dissonance. 


- SCP-2098-Red vectors will experience rapid atrophy of 
their memories and personality over the 36-hour period 
following their initial exposure event. They retain no 
memory of their previous identity at 48 hours. After this 
time, the 2098-Red vector will consider themselves to be 
the eponymous "Saint Simon", and work exhaustively to 
make themselves visible and heard by as many people 
as possible. No biographical information regarding this 


identity has been established as 2098-Red instances 
proselytize incoherently almost constantly, and seem 
unaware of questions directed towards them. Amnestic 
therapy has not proven effective in restoring any 
functional memory within SCP-2098-Red vectors. 


Addenda: 


+ Record 2098-966.3 - 
Official Vatican Inquiry and Concurrent Research 


On 4/17/1974, Foundation researchers requested access 
to the Vatican library records pertaining to the biblical/ 
historical Saint Simon. These records were not made 
available until the 1983 Code of Canon Law revision was 
in place, which contained additional, unpublished Vatican 
provisions and guidelines for requests of this nature. 
After thorough examination of the released documents, 
no correlation was drawn between the biblical/historical 
personage of Saint Simon with any of the anomalous 
effects in question. However, records of heretical 
activities and subcultures affiliated with Saint Simon 
revealed a brief entry for the "Commune of Simon 
Eternal" founded by one Emmett Parsons of Tucson, 
Arizona circa 1968. Church records indicate that the 
group represented a confluence of drug culture and 
elementary hagiography, but a cursory investigation 
revealed little of interest to ecumenical authorities. 


Emmett Parsons preached that his followers could 
"renounce time as Simon renounced gold" through the 
ritualized use of various psychedelics and the concurrent 
destruction of timepieces. Followers could therefore "live 
each day as a Saint". Further behaviors are standard for 
cult activity, emphasizing the commodification of women 
and unswerving loyalty to the founder. 


Parsons appears again in a 1969 report of his murder at 
the hands of one of his 16 "brides", Abigail Strough. This 
has led research to shift from Parsons to Strough. 

Notably, Abigail Strough received no prison sentence for 


the murder of Emmett Parsons, and Event 2098-1 
commenced within one week of her release from 
custody. 


+ Addendum 2098-1072.4 - Action reports - 
PSC-2098 Team Bravo 


Following Event 2098-17 in 2009, PSC-2098 Team 
Bravo re-opened investigation into Strough after learning 
she retains the deed to commune lands to this day under 
the "Deacon's Advisory Partnership" non-profit 
organization. Repeated calls to the organization's phone 
number return a voicemail message stating staff is out of 
the office in observance of Saint Simon's Day. Upgraded 
observation of site approved 9/21/2010. No confirmed 
sightings of Strough documented at this time. 


As of disrupted 2098 event 15, naming conventions for 
co-opted events have altered from the standard 
nonsensical combinations of ritualized behavior and 
Catholic terminology. Analytics staff report the following 
pattern in recently-disrupted event names: 


Event 2098-15: "Saint Simon's Day Ether Frequency 
Dichotomy" 

Event 2098-16: "Saint Simon's Procession of Shortest 
Waves" 

Event 2098-17: "Saint Simon's Cathode Intercession" 
Event 2098-18: "Saint Simon's Communion of the 
Wavelengths" 

Event 2098-19: "Saint Simon's Etheric Voice 
Triumphant" 


Event 2098-19, though successfully disrupted, was 
followed by the broadcast launch of a Tucson, Arizona 
public access television program entitled "Sixty Seconds 
to Freedom" at 12:01:01pm the day following Event 
2098-19's disruption. Broadcast review indicates a 62% 
keyphrase match from previously collected 2098-Red 
statements. Broadcast tapes secured and both 
production staff and talent are held at Site-23 undergoing 


processing and exposure tests. The Deacon's Advisory 
Partnership website was updated to include a legal 
defense fund drive 48 hours following the detention of 
"Sixty Seconds to Freedom" staff and talent, though no 
explicit link between the two incidents is advertised 
through the site. 


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SCP-2099: Brain in a Jar 


Item #: SCP-2099 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Objects composing SCP-2099 
are kept in place at the recovery site. All communications 
connections (phone lines, LAN, etc.) have been severed. All 
wireless devices have been found and destroyed. See Addendum 
2099-4 


The warehouse above the recovery site is currently owned and 
operated by Smith-Campbell Publishing LLC., a front that distributes 
disinformation material. Any instances of SCP-2099-B taken off-site 
are to be disguised as shipments of printed materials. 


The entrance to the recovery site is protected by a steel door that 
requires personnel on both sides to open. It will be kept closed 
whenever not in use. 


Personnel will monitor all active peripherals under the control of 
SCP-2099-A. Any peripherals beyond those permitted are to be 
reported at once and destroyed. 


Description: SCP-2099 is the brain of Jeremy Valdez and all 
associated machinery and equipment contained in place at the 
recovery location. 


SCP-2099 was found under a derelict warehouse in Detroit, 
Michigan, in 2003 after urban explorers posted pictures online. The 
original account was deleted and amnestics administered, but some 
images of SCP-2099 still exist online, with different contexts given. 
This is considered to be a low risk to containment. 


The recovery site is a series of thirteen underground structures 
ranging from 3 meters x 3 meters x 2 meters to 30 meters x 20 


meters x 10 meters. Some act as storage units containing shelves 
holding thousands of mechanical and electronic devices and parts. 
Others are largely open, intended for use in testing. One contains 
mostly heavy machinery believed to have been used in excavating 
the recovery site. Every room has hundreds to thousands of pieces 
of paper, on which notes are written. These are in a fragmentary 
short-hand. A row of numbers and letters at the top of each sheet 
appears to act as a reference to the contents of each sheet, though 
the precise meaning has not been decoded. 


Valdez's brain, hereafter referred to as SCP-2099-A, is kept in a jar 
filled with water mixed with electrolytes, sugars, green food coloring, 
and artificial flavoring. How this keeps SCP-2099-A alive, or if it 
even plays any role beyond aesthetic, is unknown at this time. 
SCP-2099-A has been largely cooperative with Foundation 
personnel, although its answers have been of limited usefulness. 


Instances of SCP-2099-B are devices built by SCP-2099-A, both 
before and after its present condition. These machines are built from 
a number of materials. Virtually all of them appear to be highly 
technologically advanced, but should not function based on current 
understanding of science (based on power draws, material 
limitations, or violations of constants such as the speed of light). 
Several are referred to as "peripherals," devices directly under the 
control of SCP-2099-A. These are used by SCP-2099-A to interact 
with its environment. Most of these were destroyed during recovery. 
Five are currently active, contingent on SCP-2099-A's continued 
cooperation. These range from mechanical hands to a humanoid 
robot dressed as a butler. These are used primarily to find and bring 
notes to SCP-2099-A. 


Examples of SCP-2099-B 


¢ Pistol that fires out high-intensity X-rays. It is powered by two 
AA batteries and focused by a common quariz crystal. 

¢ Six-meter-tall humanoid robot made primarily of chrome and 
steel. Tensile strength of materials involved should not be 
capable of supporting its weight. 

« Acannon that fires sabots that release human-sized robots 
armed with swords and metal nunchakus. Notably, the volume 
of the sabots is not large enough to fit the robots. 


* Abin labeled "cyborg parts." Inside were a number of artificial 
limbs, sensory organs, and other body parts. None of them 
have been "attached," so it is unknown whether or not they 
would be functional. No means of interfacing with a nervous 
system could be found on any of these parts. 

* A large vehicle with a mounted drill and claws, capable of 
tunneling through solid rock and earth. Material so displaced 
disappears, leaving empty tunnels. 

¢ A rocket-based spacecraft. Sediment stuck to the skids 

matches samples taken from the Moon. There is no plausible 

means by which it could have exited the recovery site. 

A force field generator. It cannot be examined at this time, as 

SCP-2099-A has forgotten how to disengage the device. 

* A large generator with "anti-gravity" written on the side. Anti 
has been crossed out in red paint. When engaged, all nearby 
objects weigh twice what they normally would in Earth gravity. 

« Acomputer system running an apparently complete simulation 
(down to individual grains of sand) of an alien solar system. It 
performs with two gigabytes of available disk space. 

¢ 713 different laser guns (in a bin labeled "713 different laser 
guns"). 


Electricity is supplied via a number of interconnected powerstrips. 
Following the powerstrips ultimately leads to a final power strip 
plugged into itself. Unplugging it removes power from the entire 
facility. 


Interview Log SCP-2099-A-1 

Dr. : "Who are you?" 

SCP-2099-A: "| am the Profound Professor V, the genius 
who invented the Quantum Pistol, the Rocket to 
Sagittarius, the Window to Other Worlds. My name is 
Jeremy Valdez. Jeremy, there was another Jeremy | met 
once, well, lots, but the one stuck in my mind. Clever 
man, a salesman. Can't trust them an inch if you give 
them a mile, but that wasn't me." 

Dr. : "How did you build this facility?" 

SCP-2099-A: "Oh, dug it all out. Tricky bit was the 
supports. Used solid Valdezium to hold it up. That's my 
own invention. Name trademarked, patent pending, 


unless | forgot to send the application." 

Dr. : "How do your inventions work?" 

SCP-2099-A: "I'm a genius. Have | mentioned that? I'm 
sure | have. It's in my notes, yes. Yes, you've read them, 
haven't you? | left them simply everywhere. You can't 
miss them." 

Dr. : "When did you start inventing things?" 
SCP-2099-A: "Let's see, let's see. Was it ninety-three? 
Ninety-four? I'd forget my head if | didn't keep it carefully 
labeled. In the closet, no, wait, that's not the note | was 
looking for. Ah, here, history. Good heavens, ninety-one. 
Has it been that long? Wait, how long has it been? 
What's the date? Never mind. Anyway, | started having 
ideas one day. Just ideas, pouring in from everywhere. 
Can hardly look at a shovel without getting an idea for a 
digging machine, or a computer without seeing if it 
dreams of sheep. Oh, | could use lasers for a drill, taking 
note. I'd always been a tinkerer, ever since | was a boy. 
Had model rockets and ray guns, and all sorts of toys 
like that. Get them from stores or mail order or wherever 
| could." 

As SCP-2099-A spoke, peripherals brought notes to its 
tank, and wrote down further notes, apparently based on 
the conversation. 

Dr. : "How is this facility powered?" 

SCP-2099-A: "Oh, you just plug things in. Simple as 
anything. Ultimately draws from the aether. They say 
there's no such thing, but you just have to know where to 
look. It's under all that quantum stuff. Or was it in the 
imaginary numbers? Somewhere like that. I'd have to 
look at my notes." 

Dr. : "We've had difficulties in reading your notes." 
SCP-2099-A: "Oh, well, that's easy enough, you just 
need to know how things are broken out. There's a note 
about that somewhere." 

Dr. : "Your notes seem... incomplete." 
SCP-2099-A: "Well, that's a pity. | tried to keep it all 
together, but things get put here and there. Can't doa 
thing without my notes. Let me check my notes. Hmm. 
Yes, can't do a thing without them. Says it right here. 


You can't argue with that. It's in my notes." 


Interview Log SCP-2099-A-7 

Dr. : "How were you able to afford all of the 
materials you used in your inventions?" 

SCP-2099-A: "Oh, a bit of this, a bit of that. | make 
things for people. Sometimes for sale, sometimes barter. 
Done some honest work before | got to that point, of 
course. Worked for a pro lab, back in the day, and did 
R&D for a manufacturing plant. Made smoke alarms or 
toys or somesuch. Hard keeping it all straight these 
days."