The effect appears to be based on SCP-2969's memory of the 
language, with longer written passages occasionally not being 
affected at the end due to SCP-2969 losing interest. As SCP-2969 
continues to repeatedly comprehend the same language, its area of 
effect increases. It is hypothesized that if SCP-2969 were allowed to 
memorize a passage, the effect would become permanent with a 
larger affected area. For more information, see Recovery. 


Recovery: SCP-2969 was discovered on 10/19/1989, after internal 
anomaly auditors noted that Site-77 was being affected by a 
linguistic anomaly. Foundation personnel were able to determine the 
source, a small trailer home in [REDACTED]. After searching the 
home, SCP-2969 was discovered living underneath the resident's 
bed. 


The resident, a legally blind 91 year old retired nurse, had been an 
avid reader previously, but had her collection of books taken away 
by her family due to her condition. SCP-2969 manifested sometime 
after this event. During cleanup operations, agents noted a 
dictionary located within the premises. It was mostly destroyed due 
to age, but several undamaged pages were noted to be 
anomalously unreadable.@ 


As of 01/03/1990, SCP-2969 has been classified as Euclid. 


Addendum 2-0: Texts that are reproduced entirely by hand do not 
cause SCP-2969 to affect the originals, if the writing that was 
originally produced more than 50 years before being re-typed. All 


copies of the reproduction will be affected by SCP-2969. The cause 
of this is currently unknown. 


Update 2-1 


SCP-2969 responded when personnel questioned it about the 
observed anomaly in its effect. This interview was recorded on 
09/17/2002, and is the first known direct communication between 
SCP-2969 and Foundation personnel. 


Interviewed: SCP-2969 
Interviewer: Dr. Boyd 


Foreword: Interview was done from a distance of 800 
yards, by radio. 


<Begin Log> 
Dr. Boyd: Twenty-nine sixty-nine, can you hear me? 
SCP-2969: Yes. 


Dr. Boyd: (Shuffling of papers, muffled noises) Are you 
able to understand me? 


SCP-2969 does not respond 


Dr. Boyd: Would you, uh, be able to explain why 
reproductions of old writing are affected differently than 
the originals? 


SCP-2969: They are not the same. Different writers, 
different headspace. 


Dr. Boyd: What does that mean? 


SCP-2969: The paths not taken are just as important to 
a story, in the time it takes place, as to what happens in 
the plot, seen? There's a whole lot, a lot of difference in 
the newer stories. 


Dr. Boyd: | still don't think I'm following. 
SCP-2969 does not respond. 
Dr. Boyd: I'm sorry. can you please explain? 


SCP-2969: You have a huge world to explore in your 
new stories, based on the world outside the old stories. 
They wrote their versions in a whole different world. 
Stories are still parts of the world beyond the page. 
Writing is the world. It's important! 


Dr. Boyd: If writing is important, why do you prevent 
others from reading what you read? 


SCP-2969: There are those out there who take books! 
They burn them, or they take them and leave you with 
nothing to do but stare at the wall and break yourself with 
frustration. Language is beautiful, and it needs to be 
protected from those people. 


SCP-2969 does not respond to further questioning, and 
the interview is terminated. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: SCP-2969 was not observed to 
change its posture during the interview, and has not 
communicated since this event. 


Footnotes 

1. It is not possible to force SCP-2969 affected subjects to read. 
CRT scans of the subjects’ brains show that the affected subjects' 
frontal lobes do not activate at all when attempting to read. 

2. It is believed that these pages permanently affect any readers, 
and are still completely unreadable as of 06/29/2014. It is not 
currently known what the effect on human communication has been, 
and research is ongoing. 


« SCP-2968 | SCP-2969 | SCP-2970 » 


SCP-2970: Holy Misplacement 


Item #: SCP-2970 
Object Class: Euclid Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2970 is to be held in a 
standard humanoid containment chamber, and fed via standard 
humanoid procedures. 


Update (02/15/2016): SCP-2970 is to be recontained as soon as 
possible. It is believed that it may be en route to Almeria, Spain. 
Currently, Mobile Task Force Tau-5 "Samsara" is leading 
recontainment and mitigation efforts. 


Description: SCP-2970 is a cybernetically enhanced human male 
of African descent. SCP-2970 claims to have been born in the 10th 
century CE. 


SCP-2970's physical augmentations include: 


¢ Approximately half of the left forearm, including the left hand, 
has been removed and replaced with a solid iron cylinder. 
SCP-2970 is capable of activating the cylinder to deploy a 
solid, transparent, glass-like prosthetic hand capable of 
articulation under SCP-2970's control. 

* SCP-2970's right eye has been replaced with a solid gold 
sphere. SCP-2970 is able to use this as a functioning eye. 

¢ The back of SCP-2970's neck features an iron plate with a 
small (~0.5cm diameter) hole covered by a semipermeable 
membrane, which appears to offer access to an artery running 
through SCP-2970's neck. 

* Samples of SCP-2970's blood indicate a large number of 

silicone particles present throughout the bloodstream. 

Sections of SCP-2970's brain have been replaced with solid 

copper engraved with numerous unidentified glyphs. 

¢ Various metal augmentations and replacements for internal 


organs. Despite appearing to be constructed from solid metal, 
organs move and operate as if they were biological. 


SCP-2970 possesses an eidetic memory and the ability to project 
images from its artificial eye to "replay" past memories, although it 
claims this function, as well as many of its past memories, has been 
"locked". SCP-2970 cannot fall unconscious, even when 
administered tranquilizing agents, and does not require food to 
survive. 


SCP-2970 claims to have been a missionary in 10th and 11th 
century Spain on behalf of a supposed deity which gave SCP-2970 
its anomalous modifications. SCP-2970 was recovered from a 
crevasse within a cave in northern Spain, where it claimed to have 
been trapped since the 11th century CE. Foundation resources were 
directed to this cave following the emission of a radio distress signal 
from it. 


SCP-2970 can speak modern variants of Spanish and English with 
reasonable fluency, and claims to be able to hear and interpret radio 
signals via a receiver within its inner ear. 


Show Interview 2970-1 
Interview 2970-1: 


Foreword: Interview was conducted in 
Spanish. SCP-2970 was separated from Dr. 
Acosta by an acrylic glass barrier. 


<Begin Log> 


Dr. Acosta: Hello. I'm Dr. Acosta. I'd like to 
ask you a few questions, about your past. 


SCP-2970 clears its throat. 
SCP-2970: Yes. Okay. 
Dr. Acosta: First, could | have your name? 


SCP-2970: | don't remember. I'm sorry. 


Dr. Acosta: That's... fine. What would you 
prefer we call you? 


SCP-2970: What do you call me now? 
Dr. Acosta: SCP-2970. 
SCP-2970: That will work. 


Dr. Acosta: Alright, then. Could you tell me 
how you learned to speak modern Spanish so 
well? 


SCP-2970: |... heard radio. My creator was 
very proactive... it seems. 


Dr. Acosta: Radio? Why were you created 
this way? 


SCP-2970: Before | was trapped, | belonged to 
a... deity. This deity saw fit to change me so 
that | could be a walking example of his 
capabilities. Show others the benefits of faith. 


Dr. Acosta: So... there are others like you? 
SCP-2970: None that | know of. 

Dr. Acosta: Why just you? 

SCP-2970: | don't know. 


Dr. Acosta: Okay... How did you become 
trapped? 


SCP-2970: | was placed there intentionally. 
For safekeeping. 


Dr. Acosta: Is it possible that other artifacts of 
this deity remain elsewhere, for... 
safekeeping? 


SCP-2970 squints at the mention of artifacts. 


SCP-2970: Possible. But | do not know. My 
mind is not at... full capacity. Certain parts do 
not work as they should. | fear this was 
intentional. 


Dr. Acosta: What doesn't work? 


SCP-2970: Certain memories seem... elusive 
to me. Not crisp as they should be. | cannot 
replay memories for others. | cannot move 
myself properly. My sight is damaged. My back 
hurts. 


Dr. Acosta: We have many doctors here. We 
could try to... fix you. And in return, you could 
tell us what you remember. About what else 
might be out there. 


SCP-2970: This is a good idea. Though... 
what is it you intend to do with the "artifacts" 
you find? 


Dr. Acosta: Ideally, nothing. We'd store them 
at one of our facilities. Keep anyone from 
using them for harm, and keep them from 
harming anyone. 


SCP-2970 appears pensive for a moment. 
SCP-2970: Okay. We have a deal. 


Dr. Acosta: Before we conclude, there's 
something | wanted to ask. Why did you just 


wait, all that time? Why did you never... end 
it? 


SCP-2970: There was a stream of water 
flowing through, | could have blocked the exit. 
Drowned. But | was designed to resist all 
forms of death. If my body drowned, what 


might happen to my living mind? 
Dr. Acosta: | don't know. 
SCP-2970: So you understand. 


Dr. Acosta: ...alright. That's all for today, 
then. Thank you. 


SCP-2970: You're welcome. 


<End Log> 


Show Interview 2970-2 


Interview 2970-2: 


<Begin Log> 
Dr. Acosta: Hello again, SCP-2970. 
SCP-2970: Hi, docior. 


Dr. Acosta: | have some more questions. 
About the organization you were involved in. 


SCP-2970: Yes. Please ask. 


Dr. Acosta: When did you discover this 
organization? Or, when did they discover you? 


SCP-2970: | was young. | don't know exactly 
how it happened. It's fuzzy. Gives me 
headaches. 


Dr. Acosta: We can move on, then. Do you 
remember what it was called? 


SCP-2970: No. 


Dr. Acosta: Alright... Do you remember the... 
tenets? 


SCP-2970: There was no... philosophy. We 
just followed our god. Destroyed his enemies, 
and spread his name. 


Dr. Acosta: Could you elaborate on the 
"god"? 


SCP-2970: Will made flesh. The lord of 
endowment and gifts, shepherd of humanity, 
shunned by the great beast- uh. Apologies. | 
no longer follow him, but some imprints are... 
hard to ‘buff out’. 


Dr. Acosta: Endowments? Your modifications. 


SCP-2970: You could say | was a favorite of 
his. 


SCP-2970 raises and flexes its prosthetic left 
hand. 


SCP-2970: | retain no love for him. 

Dr. Acosta: What happened to the god? 
SCP-2970: Most likely... he died. 

Dr. Acosta: | don't follow. How can a god die? 


SCP-2970: You must understand, a god 
isn't... analogous to a human. A god is pure 
will, and only intersects with our realm when 
necessary. But he... he did more. He forced 
his will into this world, made himself flesh. With 
flesh comes power. But also mortality. | do not 
know the exact cause, but he was dying. 


Dr. Acosta: So what happened to your 
organization? 


SCP-2970: | suspect most of us were 
destroyed by him, when he reached his most 


desperate. From what | can tell, none of my... 
nothing | did remains. Wiped from the face of 
the earth. Every war I... all of it, gone. 


SCP-2970: And he disabled many of my 
abilities, to... to handicap me. Make sure | 
behave in the meantime, in case he was just... 
sleeping. He maimed me and locked me in 
that cave. 


SCP-2970: | was trapped for years, but... but | 
thought at least I'd be alive in those who 
remembered me. But he took them away too. 
And now everything | am is just... gone. 


Dr. Acosta: I'm sorry. But... if it was so 
terrible, why didn't you call for help sooner? 


SCP-2970: Call for help? 


Dr. Acosta: The distress signal you let out, it 
led us to your cave. 


SCP-2970 appears to be troubled by this. 
SCP-2970: | didn't do that. 
Dr. Acosta: Then what did? 


SCP-2970: | don't know, but... if | were you, 
your organization... | would keep an eye out. 
Something isn't right. | think there's... | 
remember something. Where he was. 


Dr. Acosta: Could you elaborate? 


SCP-2970: By a river, in Africa. Ourika. And a 
town, Marrakesh. In a valley. 


Dr. Acosta: Could he still be there? 


SCP-2970: No, he, he moved... but something 


treads on the grass suffers the penetration of their feet by the dense 
blades, a light liquefying acid, and subsequent drainage of bodily 
fluids through the hollow core. The plant simultaneously deploys 
sharp splinters from its edges in reaction to the sudden pressure, 
making it difficult for the victim to move away; attempts to do so 
usually result in pulling the leaf from its root structure, resulting in 
continued siphoning through the severed stem, or at least severe 
lacerations to the feet. In order to maintain the species in its 
containment chamber, the light has been dimmed to levels that 
prevent atypical growth patterns, and the atmosphere has been 
appropriately saturated with the necessary nutrients for proper 
development. 


SCP-355 was first discovered by accident following the invasion of a 
storage facility used by the Chaos Insurgency in , Alberta, 
disguised as an ordinary if moderately secluded local residence. 
During the post-combat evaluations, several casualties were left 
unaccounted for until discovered on the front lawn, drained of their 
fluids and being slowly digested, near a wooden sign clearly labeled 
"Please keep off the grass". The area covered by the plant was 
determined by the scattering of meat chunks, and a plot of ground 
was removed for study before the eradication of the remaining area. 
In this and subsequent encounters with Chaos Insurgency 
installations, SCP-355 has been successfully destroyed by oxygen 
poisoning, heavy flame, anti-organic acids, and, in one instance, a 
variety of commandeered domestic ungulates. SCP-355 seems to 
be negligibly affected by poisons including [DATA EXPUNGED}, in 
the form of tainted meat, vaporous herbicides, or soil toxification. 


Memo: SCP-355 was not among the SCPs stolen from the 
Foundation during its schism with the Chaos Insurgency and was 
therefore acquired by them sometime after. Its origin is unknown, 
although documents seized during [REDACTED] suggest it may 
have been one of several objects deposited by SCP-CI-103. 


« SCP-354 | SCP-355 | SCP-356 » 


might be there. Go there, please. Prove that | 
am not lying. 


Dr. Acosta: Can you tell us anything else 
about this place? 


SCP-2970: | can't, it's my head, it's just... 
pounding. 


Dr. Acosta: I'm sorry. 


SCP-2970: The pain will end soon. You said 
your people, they could fix me, correct? If | can 
remember where he is, | can go, make things 
right. Make him pay. Fix it, for all of us. 


Dr. Acosta: I'm not sure | understand. 
SCP-2970: Just trust me. Are we not friends? 


Dr. Acosta: I'm afraid | have to stop the 
interview here. 


SCP-2970: Wait- 


Dr. Acosta: I'll talk to my superiors. We'll 
investigate your issues. Any further information 
will be appreciated. 


SCP-2970 sighs. 
SCP-2970: Okay. 


<End Log> 


Following this interview, evidence of anomalous 


phenomena was observed at the given location. MTF 


Tau-5 "Samsara" was dispatched to neutralize 
anomalous activity on-location near Marrakesh, 
Morocco. Summary of operation can be found in 
documents associated with Operation AZURE 
PEREGRINE. 


Show Incident 2970-1 


Incident 2970-1: 

Following the events of Operation AZURE PEREGRINE, 
it was decided that the risk of residual anomalies from 
the existence of SCP-2970's cult was too high, and the 
potential benefits of full access to SCP-2970's 
information outweighed the inherent risks of operating 
upon SCP-2970. A research operation to restore gaps in 
SCP-2970's memory was subsequently approved.