When an SCP-2742 instance dies, either from starvation or other 
means, the bioluminescent sacs will burst and stop glowing. There is 
a chance that a 2742-VARDIA Event will occur, which entails a 
temporary restructuring of reality in a spherical region. The event 
has an approximate radius of 30 meters. An outside view of the 
event shows the area as repeatedly bending and twisting, though no 
such phenomena are described by those entering or inside it. What 
happens in an event varies, though hallucinations and appearances 
of anomalous entities are common. 


After an event the area will return to normal, though some objects 
created or distorted in it remain. Hume levels will increase to the 
local average after approximately five hours. No casualties have 


occurred from these events. The remains of the SCP-2742 instance 
are typically heavily damaged on recovery. The remains do not 
appear to decay. 


Not all entity deaths will result in a 2742-VARDIA Event, with four 
out of the nine recorded deaths not causing one. Whether the 
probability of an event occurring is determined by outside factors or 
by chance is unknown. 


Discovery Log: SCP-2742-1 was detected in Lake Ontario after a 
trail of lower than usual Hume levels was detected by Kejel-Kant 
Ranged Monitors® on Foundation patrol boats. MTF-Nu-3 
("Limnophobia") were dispatched to track and contain the cause of 
this decrease on 15/10/2016. SCP-2742-1 was discovered on a 
yacht, stored in an aquarium at the back of the ship. Interrogation of 
the ship's crew revealed that they were members of Gol#03088 
("The Church of the Second Hytoth")®, and were planning on 
bringing the anomaly, referred to as a Nohl-Av, back to a Church 
facility for preservation. A ritual was used by the crew to let them 
detect changes in reality, leading to the discovery of SCP-2742-1. 


Due to the effects of the reality decrease, a full interview was unable 
to be performed at the time of discovery. The crew was detained, 
interrogated, and subsequently administered amnestics. 
SCP-2742-1 was brought to Site-201 for containment, and the yacht 
was stored for investigation. 


Since the containment of SCP-2742-1, 24 instances have been 
born, 9 of which have died. SCP-2742-22 is the only other instance 
to have been discovered in the wild, also found in Lake Ontario. The 
instance died during recovery. 


Addendum-1: 
+ 2742-VARDIA Event Log 


NOTE: Due to difficulties in retrieving footage of 
these events, most of the known details are based 
on reports from personnel. Conflicting reports will 
be described. 


Event #: 1 

Date: 19/10/2016 

Location: Site-201 

Instance: SCP-2742-8 

Cause of Instance Death: Starvation 


Description: A purple silhouette of an 
elongated SCP-2742 instance (designated 
SCP-2742-E1) begins moving through the 
area, carving holes in walls and personnel it 
would pass through. The walls become gray in 
color as an object described as a 3-sphere’” 
manifests. The silhouette passes into the 3- 
sphere, causing a ripple effect on its surface. 
The object remains until the end of the event. 
Other personnel report seeing hallways 
flooded with a liquid appearing as visual static, 
which had no mass to it. 


Recovered Items: A standard issue 
Foundation water bottle containing a gray 
liquid, composed primarily of carbon. 


Event #: 2 

Date: 2/11/2016 

Location: Site-201 

Instance: SCP-2742-9 

Cause of Instance Death: Starvation 


Description: The entire area becomes black, 
with personnel experiencing the effects of zero 
gravity. A large white entity is seen in the 
distance, rapidly changing in size and shape, 
occasionally being separated in half and 
reforming. Various white dots and amorphous 
shapes are seen coming off of it. SCP-2742- 
E1 appears in the distance. At this point some 
personnel report being pulled towards the 
entity, which reportedly had a Hume level of 
zero around it. Descriptions following this vary. 


Other personnel reported the white entity 
breaking apart into clusters of stars and some 
nebula. Some personnel would morph and 
divide into miniature solar systems of varying 
structure, which would disintegrate or change 
shape when near SCP-2742-E1. A dark blue 
silhouette manifests in the distance, with a 
vaguely humanoid torso, a spherical head on 
the chest, legs that have a mass of tendrils as 
the lower half, and five amorphous objects that 
circle around the torso (designated SCP-2742- 
E2). The silhouette is positioned above 
assorted gas clouds researchers had burst 
into, which had formed into a large disc. 


Recovered Items: Eleven spheres composed 
of assorted human tissues, varying in size, 
with genetic matches to personnel in the 
event; a Foundation issued tablet with the 
words "The Lesser of Mind envies" inscribed 
on the screen, with a corner of the device 
stretched out one meter in length. 


Additional Notes: Contrary to reports, no 
changes in Hume levels were detected during 
this. 


Testimony - Dr. Ilana Vardah 

"| spent a good while tumbling around through 
that boring void. Sure, the cosmic paint 
splatter was interesting, but there was a whole 
lack of excitement. Up until the serpent thing 
began slithering its way towards me. | tried to 
push myself away, but that's difficult to do 
when you can't push on anything. | saw James 
and the rest of them get sucked towards it and 
disfigured, so | freaked out and got a nice 
lungfull of bitter nothing. Next thing | knew | 
was joining them. | got stretched and split and 
reformed repeatedly, while the colors engulfing 


me beat disharmonious drums. My eyes 
turned into fractals and my spine elongated to 
somewhere, while that thing... Nohlos... its 
nine eyes just stared. Thank whatever god 
exists that I'm not in its vision now." 


Event #: 3 

Date: 10/11/2016 

Location: Testing Facility-31 
Instance: SCP-2742-13 

Cause of Instance Death: Starvation 


Description: The area's floor bends into an 
orange platform with a large metal statue in 
the center of it. The platform is constructed 
from bones of unknown entities, some of which 
protrude from its surface. The statue depicts a 
tripedal entity, with tendrils wrapping around its 
torso, a crescent shaped head, and two femur- 
shaped protrusions extending from its back. 
The walls expand until the platform appears to 
be in space, surrounded by yellow nebula and 
dark planets. A bright pink sphere with circular 
patterns moving across it illuminates the area. 


Various silhouettes of different entities appear 
on the platform and begin to worship the 
statue. Personnel either turned into the 
silhouettes or joined in the worshiping. 
Common noises in the area included chirping, 
gargling, and chanting. On occasion the 
entities are accidentally forced off of the 
platform, and dissolve into clouds of particles. 
One researcher stated that they saw the entity 
SCP-2742-E2 floating overhead. 


Recovered Items: The statue, which bears an 
inscription in Ortothan that says, "AllPraise the 
YerLord of AllMind"; a liquid composed of 
water, carbon, and sulfur8. 


Testimony - Dr. Selman Haluk 

"It was beautiful. What, you want me to say 
more? Did the others sound too delusional 
with their descriptions? It would be impressive 
if they didn't. Being there, bowing and shouting 
and... |... We had no privacy there, but 
nothing cared! We could melt into each other 
and dance through mental rivers as wafts of 
the burning skeptical thoughts filled the glory 
of the whole! It wasn't a big deal that nobody 
could dissent, since we had no reason to!" 


Event #: 4 

Date: 24/11/2016 

Location: Testing Facility-31 

Instance: SCP-2742-17 

Cause of Instance Death: Physical trauma 


Description: The event began in a similar 
manner to Event #4, though one researcher 
transformed into the shape of the statue at the 
start. Eventually personnel reported 
SCP-2742-E2 appearing in front of them. The 
crowd around the statue starts to panic, and 
the entity reportedly vanished. At this point 
personnel report losing all control over their 
bodies, stating that SCP-2742-E2 had forced 
them out of their minds. The researcher who 
became the statue transforms into a white 
silhouette of the entity it depicts (designated 
SCP-2742-E3). Versions of SCP-2742-E2 
emerge from crowd members and fly towards 
SCP-2742-E3, with the researcher reportedly 
blacking out. The SCP-2742-E2 versions 
vanish, and SCP-2742-E3 can be seen 
spasming while releasing blue light. The 
platform breaks apart as the pink sphere 
contorts. 


Recovered Items: None 


NOTE: This event was experienced by a 
crew of three agents from MTF-Nu-3, who 
were on a Foundation containment 
submersible during this. The names of the 
agents are used in this, due to there being 
few personnel involved. 


Event #: 5 

Date: 1/12/2016 

Location: Underwater, Lake Ontario 
Instance: SCP-2742-22 

Cause of Instance Death: Prior injuries? 


Description: The area turns black, with a 
cluster of light specs in the distance. The 
corpse of SCP-2742-22 transforms into 
SCP-2742-E1 and begins to swim around. The 
submersible transforms into SCP-2742-E3, 
and Agent Garvan Neil becomes SCP-2742- 
E2. The interior of the vehicle turns to 
resemble white, metallic versions of body 
tissues and organs. Agents Alan Bridger and 
Kenna Rodina begin yelling various words of 
an unidentified language repeatedly as Agent 
Neil phases out of SCP-2742-E3, moving 
towards SCP-2742-E1. He enters the head of 
the silhouette, and after several minutes 
SCP-2742-E1 transforms into a large four- 
dimensional maze, which Agent Neil is inside 
of. Neil attempts to attack the maze with the 
objects circling him, which have transformed 
into long triangles. Parts of the maze break, 
and it begins to rapidly spin around, causing 
Neil to be thrown around inside of it. 


At this point Agents Bridger and Rodina pass 
out from exhaustion. Based on damaged 
footage from a camera on the submersible, 
Agent Neil continues to be thrown around until 
the maze breaks apart. SCP-2742-E1 reforms, 


and splits apart into various smaller versions of 
itself. 


Recovered Items: Eleven slivers of tissues 
suspected to be from SCP-2742-22, found in 
the submersible's ballast; a red metal spike 
with various unidentified thaumaturgical 
symbols carved on it. 


Additional Notes: All agents were recovered 
when the submersible resurfaced an hour after 
the supposed end of the event. Agent Neil is 
currently undergoing medical and 
psychological treatment, after being found 
unresponsive and unaware of recovery agents 
while repeatedly tapping his fingers. The 
corpse of SCP-2742 is presumed to have been 
eviscerated during the event. 


As psychological issues are now known to 
result from 2742-VARDIA Events, all upcoming 
experiments involving SCP-2742 at Testing 
Facility-31 have been canceled. Instances 
stored at the facility are being transported to 
nearby sites. 


Testimony - Agent Alan Bridger 

"Rodina and | couldn't talk to each other, but 
we knew we were going through the same hell. 
We weren't just compelled to chant about 
whatever it was, we were being forced to. 
Something was actively pushing and prying at 
my thoughts, scraping something that made us 
speak. Even when | thumped onto the floor | 
kept feeling it hold onto and reach through my 
brain in every place it shouldn't. Last | 
remember it just frantically carving at my fora 
while before it stopped." 


Addendum-2: 


to loss of color, most affected organisms experience the following: 


* Color-blindness 

Lower body temperature 

Low energy 

¢ Slowed movements 

¢ Monotonic, slurred speech 

« Inattentiveness 

¢ Short-term memory loss 

« Apathy 

¢ Lack of aggression 

¢ Negligible emotional response 

* Passive cooperation with instructions 

¢ Relative lack of desire to lie or deceive 
¢ Limited capacity for foresight or creative thought 


After recovering from the effects of SCP-316, most subjects report 
symptoms of nausea and depression for up to one week. Almost all 
subjects, once recovered, volunteer their displeasure at having been 
exposed to SCP-316, and may violently resist further exposure. 


Cross-experimentation between SCP-316 and uncooperative living 
SCPs for the purposes of pacification has been approved. 


Addendum 316-a: 

SCP-316 was recovered from the residence of a color-blind man 
arrested for counterfeiting in , Texas. The man had reportedly 
attempted to pay for items at a convenience store with colorless 
bills. A Secret Service investigator noted the apparent quality and 
validity of the bills, as well as the ink's chemical equivalency with 
federal ink, and the Foundation investigated. The subject's house 
was mostly colorless, as it seemed he had been using SCP-316 to 
navigate at night. Neighbors reported the subject to have been 
"withdrawn" and "depressingly dull". Subject was terminated and his 
property destroyed. 


Addendum 316-b: 
See Experiment Log 316. 


« SCP-315 | SCP-316 | SCP-317 » 


LEVEL 2 ACCESS REQUIRED 


Event #: 6 

Date: 18/1/2016 

Location: Area-12 

Instance: Unknown 

Cause of Instance Death: None 


Description: The area becomes black and all 
walls melt into the floor, with a white 3-sphere 
manifesting after. Various red cracks appear 
along this 3-sphere and it bursts after a 
minute, ejecting a grey silhouette of an 
SCP-2742 instance out of it. The silhouette 
floats through the area until a second 3-sphere 
forms, which it enters. After entrance the 3- 
sphere vanishes, and the event ends. 


Recovered ltems: A four meter tall mass 
composed of skin tissues from SCP-2742 
instances, resembling SCP-2742-E1 in shape, 
with tendrils anchoring to the ground; one liter 
of SCP-874 in the instance containment 
chamber. 


Additional Notes: During this event all 
Scranton Reality Anchors at Area-12 shut off, 
accompanied by a large increase in Humes. 
Multiple hallways leading to the SCP-2742 
containment chamber had also collapsed, 
injuring five researchers. Security footage of 
the containment chamber immediately prior to 
the event show no signs of any instance 
deaths, suggesting that a 2742-VARDIA Event 
can occur at any time. 


Containment procedures are being reassessed 
by the Secure Containment Board to ensure 
proper containment of SCP-2742 instances. 
Information regarding this event has been 
restricted to prevent fears of major reality shifts 


from low level personnel. Whether the 
shutdown of SRAs was caused by the 
anomaly or an outside force is under 
investigation. 


+ Gol#03088 Document-037 


The following is a document recovered by Agent Marth 
Karin from an Ortothan!0 church in Jena, Germany. Due 
to similarities between the narrative of this story and 
certain 2742-VARDIA Events, it has been included in this 
document. All text has been translated from Ortothan to 


English. 


NOTICE TC 


This story involves events that occurred during the | 
have been modified since it was first told, due to the 
should not consider information in this to be complet 

any additional information on the story, s 


May the Holy Fourt 
~Eiv-Scholar Diana Ol 


Uravol the Bodiless 


It was the Fourth Aeon of the Hytoth. The lesser deities co 
the recesses of the universe, as the almighty VyzGods rul 
the First Turmoil, all was at rest. 


Uravol, the deity of Ozrog-Mind, gazed up at the sparkling 


have so much power, nor should they have such massive 
impossibility to level them and their realms, even with gree 
a plan was formulated to erase it all. As blood marred the | 
was completed.