pulled out to sea by a riptide 
while vacationing in Malibu, 
California. Her body washed 
up onto shore in Port 
Angeles, Washington 
fourteen months later. 
SCP-935 found within her 
stomach contents. As M 
had not previously been 
listed as an SCP-935 
candidate by the Bowe 
Commission, containment 
procedures are currently 
being revised, and ancestral 
research being done to 
determine the connection 
M had to the Bowe 
family. 
Bowe Commission 
completes the genetic 
mapping of all subjects who 
could potentially be affected 
by SCP-935. The total list 
contains approximately 6 
subjects, all of which are 
between the ages of 29 and 
40. General Bowe is 
determined to be the most 
likely candidate for the next 
SCP-935 event, and 
relieved of command. 
General Stan Bowe is killed 
during a containment 
breach within Site-19. 
Analysis following the 
breach determines that 
General Bowe had 
instructed personnel 
formerly under his 
command to deliberately 


we sent out a signal to draw the GREAT ONES to the 
TOWER 


and went to collect all those who did not come on their 
own 


we put the pieces back together and bonded IT in steel 
and fire 


we watched their pieces squirm and fight our claws and 
limbs 


and for the 
GLORY 


we built the GREAT ONE again. 


And when the GREAT ONE was complete, IT stood in 
the TOWER as we had built it 


IT stood 

it STOOD 

and was silent 

it STANDS 

and is silent 

and we knew we had erred in our hubris 
the gark voice Was put to death for its lies 
and we stand with the new GREAT ONE 
and IT stands with ys 


forever 


Scroll fragment 13Q29 


Scroll fragment 13Q29, discovered at Khirbet Qumran in 1951. 
Scrolls consisted of vellum, with Hebrew (Assyrian block text) 
lettering written using a lampblack compound for ink. The fragment 
appears to have been in poor condition when recovered from the 
cave, and additional damage to the fragment occurred during 
recovery by Foundation personnel. Due to the condition of the scroll 
fragments, reconstruction of the original text is largely speculative. 


n the first year of the reign of Darius, | was visited b 
en travelers, who came to Babylon from Egypt, yea and th 
ake unto me of their crossing of the desert of An eventy 
nd seven were their number when they did depart fro gypt, and 
hey were servants of the king of Egypt, come to treat with the 
ng of the Medes. And | said unto them, where are the others 
f your number? And a great trembling fell upon them, and the 
would not speak and therefore left me alone. whence | said un 
them, if you will not speak, then show me where are thy 
brothers, the men of Egypt who serve the king of Egypt. A 
Potiphabas, who w_ schief among them, sayeth he unto me, 
place at f the kingdom, and sayeth he unto me, 
they are lost, th east fell upon us in the valley that is 
beyond the mountain to the south, and we did fear it, and we hid 
ourselves whilst it consumed our brothers. And the king on hi 
seat in Babylon did say unto me, go, and see what is the trut 
of this, and take with you the wise men of Babylon, and of 
Persia, and of Graecia, and of Egypt, and of the Medes, and of 
all the nations and the soothsayers of Chaldea and the judges of 
the Hebrews which art of the children of the captivity of Judah. 
and let the judges of the Hebrews bring the holy vessel of the 
LORD, and let the men of Babylon, and of Persia, and of 
Graecia, and of Egypt, and of the Medes, and of all the nation 
bring the magi __al things each of their kind. For l, t 
Babylon, shall not suffer a beast to harm my subjects, 
he servants of foreign princes come to treat with me. And 


the beast be destroyed. And | said unto the king, | fea 
naught but the LORD, and if the LORD be with me then no beast 
shall harm me. And | went forth bringing the holy vessel of the 
LORD, and the men of Babylon, and of Persia, and of Graecia, an 
of Egypt, and the soothsayers of Chaldea did go forth, each wit 
the magical things of their kind. And we came unt the vall 
of Ne , which is called the place of lamentations. And 
the place was desolation and it was a place of darkness, for th 
sun wou not in that place, and no plant would grow, a 
no man wo o that place, neither any cattle or sheep o 
ass or bird o the sky or creeping thing. And the men 
Graecia were afraid of the darkness, but the men of Babylon sai 
unto them, be not afraid, for Marduk of fifty names who hat 
slain Tiamat shall protect us. And likewise did the men of 
Canaan say unto the Graecians, lo, Ba’al who is called Hadd 
who is the LORD of the sky shall smite the beast with a 
thunderbolt as he did smite the serpent Lotan. And likewis 
men of Persia and of Egypt and of the Medes, and of Chaldea an 
of all the n y unto them, our gods shall protect us. 
And|feared no for! did br vessel of the LORD. A 
the soothsayers of Chaldea did say, on the third day the beast 
shal , when the stars are right. And we sojourned in that 
place. ndon the third day the beast did come, and it was the 
Abominati __, dread and terrible, and behold! it was a dragon, 
andith head of a serpent, and great scales as of iron upon 
it no arrow or spear could pierce, and it had the 
legs bear, and the claws of a leopard, and its tail was a 
great scourge, and its countena_e was hatred, and it spake of 
its fury and in furious rebukes. And the men of Graecia did 
say, let us stay hid in secret, and we shall see the beast, an 
know its purposes, and whence it goes. But the men of Babylon 
spake, saying let us slay the beast, wherefore they assemble 
with their clubs and spears. And the Abomination slew them al 
and devoured their flesh. Next the men of Canaan spake, sayin 
Marduk is a false god, but Ba’al who is called Haddad shall 
protect us. And their sorcerers did raise their staves, anda 
great cloud of storm did come, and the sorcer rs of Canaan sent 
forth lightning from the cloud and it did strike the 
Abomination. And the Abomination r it was as mighty and 
as terrible as se seven. And the Abom 


say, surely this host defiles creation and is a detestab 
thing, yea, thou art all of thou loathsome unto my sight and 
behold, | shall ex ath unto thee. And the Abomin 
did slay and despoil all of the sorcerers of Canaan and all of 
the men of Canaan, and likewise the men of Persia, and of Egyp 
and of the Medes, the multitude of the nations did fall. And 
the men of Graecia _ did say, let us bring forth our engines 
these bring low th walls of the cities of the mighty, and even 
these shall subd the beast. And the engines did cast great 
stones at the Abom __ ination, and mighty bolts of iron and of 
brass, but naught did they harm it, and the Abomination did slay 
e men of Graecia and lay waste to their engines. And | was 
fraid, and did wonder, wherefore | said unto my servants, yea 
et us leave the vessel of the LORD in this place, and we shal 
rotected. And | called forth Aroch, and G_his son, and | 
them carry forth the vessel of the LORD, and | bade them 
pproach the Abomination, and place the vessel upon a high 
place, and thence depart from that place. And they did as | 
commanded, saying yea, the LORD is with us. And the Abomination 
di come, in its wrath and its wickedness, and behold! the 
Abo ation devoureth the vessel of the LORD, whereupon the 
arkness parted and all the bright lights of heaven did shin 
upon the Abomination, and the people were amazed and they were 
afraid and did tremble. And we did fly from that place, ever 
man for his own life, and the earth was cleaved in two, and the 
Abomination was cast into the abyss, and the abyss is the grav 
of the multitude of all of the nations whom the Abomination di 
slay. And we said unto the LORD, ye have smitten the 
tion, sing Hosannah unto the LORD. But the word of 
LORD came unto me, saying, hear the word of the LORD: surely 
Abomination is not slain, it does lay beneath the earth in this 
place, wherefore approacheth not the valley of the Abominatio 
et this place be anathema unto you. For the men of Babylo 
of Persia and of Egypt and of the Medes, and of Chaldea and 
Graecia and of all of the nations, did they not all of 
erish? But ye, the sons of Abraham did | deliver from th 
nation, yea, even as ye left my vessel for the Abomina 
e not forsaken thee. And | fell down upon m 
voice, saying 


Scruff, Claws, Paws 


Where seconds ago was a stern and tall and generally rather 
intimidating Doctor Gears was now a tiny, fluffy kitten. Well. A cat. A 
very old and thin cat. The tape that Gears was passing to you fell on 
to the floor, making an unpleasant sound and you couldn't help but 
wince because apparently this thing was filled to the brim with all 
sorts of memetic shit and, no, movement (probably) wouldn't make 
any of those horrors bursts into the world of living without a proper 
VHS player (and where the hell you'd get one of those) and did | 
mention Gears is a cat? Suddenly he is a cat. A fucking cat. 


You blinked. Turned around. In the corner where Agent Lament was 
chilling suddenly was a Bengal cat, casually cleaning it's privates. 
His. Since it was probably Agent Lament. Most likely. Something 
told you that it was him. Somehow. 


You thought about taking that damn cassette off the floor but 
decided against it. It was probably safe anyway to touch it but if 
Foundation thought you something in your years it was that nothing 
labelled as safe is actually safe in the most common meaning of this 
word. 


Which was also the reason why you decided that touching cats 
around you was a wrong thing to do. Gears-Cat decided otherwise 
and hopped off the table and started rubbing himself against your 
leg. And shedding. You regretted wearing white pants to work. 
Those thin black hair were everywhere and everything that 
happened in paragraphs above took maybe less than a minute. 


You tried taking few steps back and the moment you saw Lament- 
Cat casually marking his theory you decide to whoop your ass out of 
here asap. 


Except there were cats in the corridor too. And in the elevator. And 
in the bureau of Site Director (yes, the bureau. Those high on the 
ladder had an official bureau and office for researching the research 


stuff because when you need someone you have to check both 
places because... convenience!) which was, thank the God 
(whichever one comes to mind, there is always bound to be at least 
one out there listening! at any given moment. Instead of guards, 
there were cats. 


In that moment you also realized how shitty situation was and that 
the fate of entire Foundation rests on your shoulders. 


You had better days in life.2 


As you were looking for anything remotely useful inside the bureau, 
you briefly pondered on possibility of you being a reality bender. For 
a second you imagined that the cat staring at you from the shelf 
which resembled Cat-Lament a bit too much for your liking was, in 
fact, Agent Lament. Nothing did happen, so that theory can go to 
trash. 


Also, Lament was staring at you angrily so you tried to hurry the fuck 
up but Jesus Fucking Christ and all the Archons Gears somehow 
found his way here what the fuck and why the hell he's again 
rubbing against your calves. 


Also, you found the key to the elevator. Yay. 


So you went to the elevator, Lament and Gears casually following 
you. You had no heart to allow elevator door to damage either of 
them (too much) and so when those damn cats finally entered, you 
tried, as casually as it was only possible while looking straight into 
the camera on the ceiling, slid the key in and waited for elevator to 
respond to take you to the usually off-access part of facility. 


The O5 part. You were kind of excited, despite the relative 
seriousness of the situation. You petted Gears and he started to lick 
your fingers, which was kinda nice and maybe would relax you a 
little if not the fact that Lament tried to stab you and, hooray, he was 
declawed. He wasn't neutered, though. That was super unpleasant 
and unnecessary. 


You entered the new hallway which was super nice, aesthetically. 
Black and sleek and good lord how long someone polished the walls 


and floor, that is bloody ridiculous. You took in the cautious step 
inside, looking around. 


It would be quiet and silent if not the fact that Lament started to 
make some sort of unholy noises and just sped across the entire 
fucking hallway into wherever. Gears didn't want to move, so you 
gently took the cat into your arms, trying to ignore amount of fur on 
your fingers and how you could probably feel his every single bone 
through thin layer of fur and skin. A tad disturbing but Gears seemed 
pretty cool with being held, actually trying to nest inside your arms, 
which would be cool if it wasn't, you know, Gears. 


Where now? You followed Lament, paws imprinted on the floor 
(good god, every step was visible on it, including yours and that 
didn't help your paranoia, helpfully pounded into your head by oh- 
so-amazing-Foundation) and the shiny, shiny hallway brought you to 
a dark room, filled only with a big table, thirteen chairs and a big, big 
shiny red button in the middle of the table. There were no cats there. 


A shiny, metallic letters and numbers on the button formed 
"SCP-2000 DO NOT PRESS WITHOUT A BLOODY GOOD DAMN 
REASON". Next to it sat a cat, trying to insert his nonexistent claws 
under the glass that protected the button. Also, the cat was black 
and made of shadows which was super fucking disturbing but it still 
had same patterns on fur as Lament so, yeah, that was probably 
Lament. Somehow. You decided to not question it. 


Gears carefully moved in your arms and you allowed him to land on 
the table. He came closer to Shadow-Cat-Lament and pushed him 
away with his paw. Lament just stared at him, as if surprised and 
took few steps back. Somehow the shadowy-ness or whatever 
disappeared. Was it even there in the first place? You couldn't 
wonder for too long because Gears opened the glass case and 
stared at you, as if waiting. 


So. 


Was Foundation filled with cats a good enough of a reason to push 
the button? 


An unholy screeching in the background assured you that it was. 


You didn't want to meet catified version of the indestructible gecko. 


You pushed the big red shiny button, silently hoping that maybe this 
time out you won't get -7 C skin because come on, that made 
cuddling difficult. 


Footnotes 

1. You heard a mechanism clicking in the back of your mind and you 
had a vague feeling someone gave you a thumbs-up. 

2. Now if you were potentially a cat person, the entire trip would be 
an agony because there is so much cats and you can't pet either of 
them. If you were a dog person, the entire trip also would be an 
agony because there are fucking cats everywhere. 


SCUTTLE 


PROVISIONAL ENTRY — SCRAMBLE ORDER 
INITIATED, ALL TECHNICAL ADVISORS AND RAISA 
STAFF TO SITE-01 — PROVISIONAL ENTRY 


This is an automatically generated entry documenting breaking 
events. Situation type: SCRAMBLE. Affected systems: 
SCUTTLE. Affected personnel: RAISA, TECHNICAL. This entry 
was generated on 20 /01/28 15:42 by Maria Jones [mjones06] 


Incident #: 20 011300 

Severity: Critical 

Possibility of Foundation Casualties: High 

Risk of Public Dissemination: High 

Incident Status: In-Progress 

Affected Sites: Site-01, Site-06, Site-15, Site-17, Site-19, Site-23, 
Site-28, Site-36, Site-62, Site-66, Site-73, Site-76, Site-77, Site-103, 
Site-104 


Access to Ticket History restricted to Technical staff. 


Ticket History 


IR#20 011300 -01, Status: Created. User: Irhode02 (IP: 
10.101.25. ) Timestamp: 20 /01/13 07:38 


We're currently unable to interact with the 
SCUTTLE computer, system appears totally 
unresponsive at three-factor auth screen. Are 


you guys doing anything to it? LR