Description: SCP-2356 is a red cylindrical rod, measuring 30 cm in 
length and 1 cm in diameter. Chemical analysis indicates that the 
object is composed of copper, gold, titanium, and an unidentifiable 
metal. The outer coating of the rod is believed to be nontoxic acrylic 
paint. 


SCP-2356's anomalous properties activate upon being held by a 
human. Should an individual holding the rod bring it into contact with 
an inanimate object, said object will spontaneously transform into a 
different item, most commonly toys suited for young children! 
including model trains, action figures, building blocks, and plush 
animals. Objects altered by SCP-2356 retain their original 
composition and size, and if undamaged, can be reverted to their 
initial state upon making contact with SCP-2356 while held by the 
individual who first transformed the object. 


Experimental trials indicate that SCP-2356's primary anomaly 
affects only non-organic material. A discovered exception is food 
items, which when exposed to SCP-2356's effect, are transformed 
into calorie-equivalent servings of assorted fruits, sliced thin and 
arranged in shapes resembling trees and flowers. The types of 


manifested fruits vary, though a high antioxidant count is consistent 
between all generated fruits. These fruits cannot be reverted to their 
original form by SCP-2356 and are considered safe for 
consumption. 


SCP-2356 has intermittently failed to manifest any anomalous 
properties when handled by certain test subjects. As of current data, 
SCP-2356's highest number of successful object transformations 
(though notably, SCP-2356 has never demonstrated a 100% 
success rate with any test subject to date) result when the rod is 
handled by an individual between six to twelve years of age. 


Psychological profiling suggests that success rate is linked to lower 
scores on depression scales. Notably, in three separate cases, adult 
individuals who have high depression ratings have triggered 
activation of SCP-2356's anomalous effects even when not in direct 
contact with the object (resulting in transfiguration of various 
furniture or writing apparatus within roughly one meter of the adult 
individual involved). The maximum proximity between individual and 
SCP-2356 that will initiate this unique activation is currently 
undetermined. 


Addendum SCP-2356-1: The Foundation was made aware of 
SCP-2356's existence when agents embedded in a healthcare 
collective involving Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, recovered 
a collection of unclaimed keepsakes (including SCP-2356) 
belonging to a Mr. Huey Sharp. Hospital staff recalled that Mr. Sharp 
was "a polite man who frequently visited his son" in intensive care, 
and was once reprimanded for bringing toys and snacks into the 
patient rooms against hospital policy. 


The recovered items? included a blank, pocket-sized notebook, a 
child's diary marked with the owner's name "Sky", and a leather 
pouch filled with marbles made of the same unidentifiable metal 
incorporated into SCP-2356. All items were determined to be non- 
anomalous. 


Records obtained by Foundation staff indicated that Mr. Sharp's 
son, Skylar Sharp, was diagnosed with leukemia at age five and 
referred to the hospital for long-term care before passing away 
seven months after the initial diagnosis.3 


Selected excerpts from Recovered Document 
SCP-2356-2, diary of Skylar Sharp 

Note: While the beginning series of entries possesses 
substantial portions of text, the majority of entries contain 
little to no text and include simple drawings, which 
become less complex as entries progress with time. 


Merch 3 

Papa got me this book to wite in to make my 
handwighting and spelling bettr. He wants me to wite 
every day in this as practis. | am not very good spelling 
but | well try my bist. 


March 7 

Papa wanted to get me sum new shirts and pants but | 
saw this awsum bowtie. | tride to put it on but it was hard 
to get on. Papa helpt me get it in and it lookt good so he 
bot it. He looks good in it too. | told him to keep it until Im 
redy | can put it on myself. 


May 4 

The docturs told me they are working on a medsine that 
will fix me. They also said that | need to stay in bed. | 
hate this. | cant even have candy any more. But papa did 
say that he was working on something that will cheer me. 


Addendum SCP-2356-2: Subsequent Foundation investigation of 
Mr. Sharp's home resulted in the discovery of a workshop located in 
the basement, outfitted with modified blacklights. Exposure of Mr. 
Sharp's previously-recovered notebook to the blacklights revealed a 
series of diagrams believed to be designs for preliminary prototypes 
of SCP-2356. Additionally, various notes on separate pages 
confirmed Huey Sharp's affiliation with the Doctor 
Wondertainment product line and his intention of adapting 
SCP-2356 into a Wondertainment toy targeting children currently in 
hospital treatment. 


No other documents found in the workshop displayed hidden 
material when exposed to the modified blacklights. However, a wall- 
affixed hand-drawn picture portraying two stick-figure individuals 
with bow ties holding hands was marked on the bottom with the 


approximately three (3) hours a large group of villagers started to 
congregate in a single area and build a wicker man out of a large 
amount of wood they produced from their homes, the source of this 
wood is unknown as the amount of wood that came out of the 
homes had a total volume greater than that of the homes. Upon 
completion of the wicker man, the people set it on fire. All nearby 
personnel who inhaled the smoke reported feeling well fed. Shortly 
after the wicker man burned completely, the village crumbled into 
dust. 


Money entered: 750 Yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: OmNomNomoPoeia- A rectangular box with a 
stylized image of a cow claiming "The Moost Delicious Thing on 
Earth!" Inside the bag contained several button-shape white 
chocolates. When fed to a subject, the subject was observed making 
actual animal noises when saying the words "oink", "moo", et cetera. 
It is believed that this effect is permanent. Further examination of the 
subject revealed that her vocal cords expanded and contracted 
involuntarily whenever the subject made an animal noise. 


Money entered: 47 Yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: One fine bone china tea cup containing tea, Earl 
Grey, hot which can only be referred to as such. Any conscious 
attempts at referring to it in a manner other than "tea, Earl Grey, hot" 
fail. Item appeared in the retrieval area of the machine by appearing 
to "fading in". Described as tasting like an attempt at making tea, 
Earl Grey, hot by someone who had only heard of it but never tasted 
it. 


Name: Junior Assistant Researcher Meerschaum 
Date: / /20 


Money entered: 250 yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: Blueberry yoo-hoo - Upon opening the can, it 
yelled “Yoo-hoo!” in a high-pitched voice. D-3489 ingested beverage 
without incident, but experienced an increased rate of flatulence for 


words "Happy with just Dad" followed by a date.4 


Addendum SCP-2356-3: As of //  ,Mr. Sharp is believed to 
have abandoned the workshop. Priority has been given to agents 
currently stationed to observation of the Cemetery, where Mr. 
Sharp's son was interred at. Interviews with the cemetery staff thus 
far have failed to provide further information on Mr. Sharp and his 
family, save for a single employee referring to Skylar Sharp as "the 
little boy with the bow tie". 


Footnotes 

1. Roughly ages 5-10, as per comparison with common toy 
manufacturer companies’ suggested age ranges 

2. Currently in secure storage. 

3. Various drawings from the child's diary confirm the time spent in 
treatment. The most consistent subjects are two crude humanoid 
figures, one tall and wearing a coat and bow tie, one smaller and 
usually reclining on a bed or chair marked with hospital-use 
symbols. 

4. Confirmed to be the day of Skylar Sharp's death 


« SCP-2355 | SCP-2356 | SCP-2357 » 


SCP-2357: The Perfect SCP 


Item #: SCP-2357 


Obj3ct Class: SCP-2357 poses no danger to anyone, although it 
very easily could have been made that way. 


Special Containment Procedures: A copy of SCP-2357 will be 
framed and placed in the office, cubicle, domicile, etc. of every staff 
member whose employment is such that being found in the 
possession of SCP-2357 will not have obvious repercussions. 
Fortunately for a7l involved, while SCP-2357's properties preclude 
any other method of containment of which the Foundation has 
chosen 2 avail itself, its properties do not necessitate any further 
form of containment. This i5 expected to reach completion in June of 
2031. 


This is not prescriptive, by the way. It's descriptive. It's fairly obvious 
how this is going to go down. 


Description: SCP-2357 is the text of the document that you are 
reading — yes, this one. You are currently reading SCP-2357, which 
is its own documentation. It has several memetic properties (which 
you have no doubt already noticed, but will be listed here for 
completeness's sake) that will activate upon observation, causing 
the reader to exhibit: 


¢ Adoration for and admiration of SCP-2357, much in the same 
way one would adore a treasured work of literature or a 
beautiful mathematical formula, even though it deviates 
egregiously from technical writing standards. Personnel will be 
inclined to make copies and place them in prominent areas. | 
don'5t like how this paragraph ended, so | will add more text. 
Now is a good time for me to tell you to clean up your drool, if 
this is your first time. 

* Adesire to share SCP-2357 with Foundation personnel. This 
is limited to those who the reader either has authority over or 


has regular contact with, unfortunately — ge7ting it to override 
social norms would have been risky. 

¢ Disinclination to create additional documentation surrounding 
SCP-2357, edit the original documentation (which, again, is 
SCP-2357 itself), or create any derivatives of SCP-2357. 
Thus, SCP-2357 is the solitary source of information on 
SCP-2357.1 


SCP-2357's memetic properties can only be conveyed properly 2 an 
individual with an understanding of the standard format for an SCP 
summary report, as well as a basic understanding of the 
Foundation's stated purpose and known methods. The net effect will 
be SCP-2357's propagation through all Foundation communication 
channels until a copy is available to almost every staff member, as 
each individual considers it worthy of keeping and sharing. 


Addendum: A word from the author: 


Hello. My name is Dr. Vanessa Graff. If that name already means 
something to you, you can probably already guess what this is all 
about. Consider this a retroactive letter of resignation — | will have 
disappeared just about the day before you will find this. 


If this is the first you've heard of me, you probably deserve an 
explanation. In 2028 (two years ago, at time of writing), | proposed 
research on the possibility of, in layman's terms, piggybacking a 
meme on an infohazard — placing knowledge about an object inside 
the knowledge of the object (if you have enough clearance). 
SCP-2357 is a proof of concept. The knowledge of its existence, 
primed with almost any part of the text, delivers several memes 
directly to the brain, which prompt the reader to finish the document 
and receive the remainder of the information within it. The result is 
the ful2! nuances of a meme with the penetrative capabilities of an 
infohazard. | would have preferred to explain this more properly in 
the Description section, but | couldn't work it in around the memetic 
triggers. 


| could have made a purely trivial example — say, an apple that 
smells like oranges (and, if you taste something quite unpleasant 
right now, it means that I've since done that), if not for external 
factors. Project Director Josef Botha (who is NOT a memeticist or 


infohazard specialist, but a neuroscientist) discarded my research 
application to get funding for an ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY 
BENEFICIAL project without a second glance, calling it 
"nonsensical", "grounded in pseudoscience", and "seriously not 
actually possss7ssss5sssss3sssible". My fellow employees were not 
any more receptive, despite being ostensibly qualified for their 
positions. 


This and a few other incidents which would bore you anyways have 
proven that the Foundation is a backwards, stifling bureaucracy 
made of people who care more about getting their egos massaged 
than doing what they were hired to do. The containment doctrine 
does not protect humanity and stifles its advances. | have found 
employment with a competitor online (You need. To secure. Your 
network connections. You idiots.) who recognizes the potential value 
of my research and whose goals are less masturbatory. 


SCP-2357 is a wake-up Call. The higher-ups need to invest in and 
research memetics and infohazards and stop treating your most 
talented scientists like Galileo, or someone will come to the same 
conclusions | have, and decide that the SCP Foundation is ripe for 
the picking. | may not like you very much, but | know that there are 
worse people out there. 


With all due respect (read: fuck you and I'm gone), 
Dr. Vanessa Graff 


P.S. | cou2ld have killed you all, 3asily. Or worde. Aren't you glad 
that I'm not a sociopa7h? 


Footnotes 

1. This is a failsaf8 effffg’g*g*g*ect that I've added in to prevent the 
higher-ups from "sanitizing" the document. Unless they employ 
something completely inhuman, this should be foolproof. It has the 
side effect of making some of the information presented here 
permanently inaccurate, but you don't care, and neither do I. 


« SCP-2356 | SCP-2357 | SCP-2358 » 


SCP-2358: I've seen this somewhere before... 


Item #: SCP-2358 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to their self-censoring 
nature and the current limitations on moving them, SCP-2358 
instances are to remain at their current locations. Mobile Task Force 
Epsilon-7 ("Forget-Me-Nots") is to continuously monitor and disrupt 
civilian development of mnestics. 


Description: SCP-2358 is an antimemetic phenomenon occurring in 
large population centers. The three known instances of SCP-2358 
exist in the Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong, Times Square, New 
York, and the Shibuya district, Tokyo. SCP-2358 instances are 
similar in appearance to blue, translucent trees. SCP-2358 
instances are effectively intangible, and cannot be perceived by 
individuals not under the influence of Class-W or stronger mnestics. 
This inability to be perceived also extends to photographs and digital 
recordings of SCP-2358. 


Once a human being perceives SCP-2358, they will be subject to a 
series of mental effects. These effects take place in four stages. The 
time required for all four stages to occur can range from 13 to 120 
hours. 


Initial Exposure 


Stage 1: Subject displays an increase in interest in SCP-2358, and 
may find it difficult to concentrate on subjects and tasks not related 
to SCP-2358. 


Stage 2: Subject claims to experience hallucinations of SCP-2358- 
like plant growth on nearby surfaces. During this time, subjects will 
attempt to increase awareness of or expose other humans to 
SCP-2358, often expressing mild irritation when this action is 


rendered impossible by the antimemetic perception filter. 


Stage 3: Subjects lose visual perception, claiming that the 
hallucinated growth is continually obstructing their view. Subjects 
may experience seizures during this stage. 


Stage 4: Subject enters a catatonic state, and demonstrates 
heightened levels of neurological activity. 


Amnestic treatment has proven effective in slowing symptoms, but 
have yet to halt or reverse them.