Conversely, another set of anomalous attributes become apparent 
when SCP-2836 is actually submerged in water. In this state, 
SCP-2836 will suddenly succumb to conventional gravity. Previously 
impossible movements will be aptly performed as though being done 
in a waterless environment. Words spoken by SCP-2836 are also 
fully understandable in these conditions. However, the subject's 
ability to inhale ceases, limiting the amount of phrases able to be 
said as well as how long SCP-2836 can remain submerged before 
suffocating. 


SCP-2836 first came to the attention of the Foundation following a 
localized incident taking place near , Florida. OnJune ,20 , 
a mother, father and young daughter were found dead and 
waterlogged on the shore of Beach, the result of a boating 
accident that had occurred the previous night. The surviving older 
son was later discovered 2-3 miles down the beach floating over the 
sand and sobbing uncontrollably, releasing large clouds of 
SCP-2836-1. Attempts at getting the son medical attention were only 
met with resistance, forcing him to 'swim' well above the reach of 
people on the ground. When air support arrived, the son frantically 
escaped into the ocean, where he was able to somehow sprint away 
on the sandbars at full speed, only occasionally coming above the 
surface to ‘breathe’. Subsequent to amnesticizing all parties 
witnessing these phenomena, Foundation field agents stationed in 
the area were able to locate and detain the young man via 
surveillance drones. 


Open Interview 2836-4 


The following is a video recording transcript of the 4th 
interview conducted with SCP-2836 since containment. 


Interviewer: Dr. Garrison, Site 38 advisor and presiding 
researcher of the subject. 


Begin playback - 11:08 A.M., 7/12/ 


[Dr. Garrison enters the room and shuts the 
door behind him. Proceeds to take a seat.] 


Date / /2010 
Test Subject: A normal red fox (female) 
Results: Identical to 334F-01. 


Experiment Log 334F-03 

Date / /2010 

Test Subject: A red fox (Female, in heat) 

Results: SCP-334 appeared to sniff the air for a moment, while test 
subject displayed reactions similar to previous two tests, then [DATA 
EXPUNGED]. 

Researcher Note: That was something | hope to never see again. 


Experiment Log 334-01 

Date / /2010 

Test Subject: SCP-334 

Note: For this test, SCP-334's cell was flooded with ionized gas 
identical to its own. 

Results: SCP-334 appeared curious at first, then agitated as the 
pressure of ionized gas in the chamber started to rise. After 5 
minutes, subject began glowing brightly and [DATA EXPUNGED] 
containment was re-established, with SCP-334 apparently 
exhausted. 


Experiment Log 334-02 

Date / /2010 

Test Subject: SCP-334 

Note: For this test, SCP-334 was subjected to a focused magnetic 
‘plade' to attempt to sever a section of its mass. 

Results: [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


NOTE: Further experimentation with ‘force feeding’ or ‘cutting’ 
SCP-334 is forbidden unless performed in a heavily shielded remote 
site. 


Experiment Log 334D-01 

Date / /2010 

Test Subject: D-13487/334, 3 live mice in standard cage. 

Note: D-class was instructed to enter containment and feed 
SCP-334 after one day of withholding food from the subject. 
Results: SCP-334 immediately leapt at the cage, incinerating it and 
the contents, as well as much of D-13847/334's arm and torso. 


Dr. Garrison: Good morning SCP-2836! 
[directing his greeting upwards.] 


[SCP-2836 is seen doing the dead man's float 
approximately 6 meters off the floor of the 
interview room. No response.] 


Dr. Garrison: Would you care to join me down 
here at the table? | need to give you your 
mask so we can talk. It won't take very long, | 
promise. 


[A brief pause occurs before a garbled sigh is 
heard from SCP-2836, releasing a sizeable 
cluster of SCP-2836-1. Subject slowly starts 
making his way towards Dr. Garrison.] 


Dr. Garrison: Thank you, | appr-whoops! 
[Garrison is seen quickly moving his cup of 
coffee out of the way of a sudden rain of water 
droplets from SCP-2836-1 bursting on the 
ceiling.] Ha, I'm getting good at that, aren't |? 
Oh, here you go. 


[Hands the subject a rubber ventilation mask 
filled with water to enable communication. The 
subject's nose is uncovered to allow breathing. 
Subject complies and puts on the ventilator. ] 


Dr. Garrison: Careful, don't spill. Very good. 
So let me just start by asking, how are you 
feeling today? 


SCP-2836: [brief pause] 'Bout the same. 


Dr. Garrison: Happy? Sad? Somewhere in 
the middle? 


SCP-2836: | don't really care to think about it 
much. [periodic breathing through the subject's 
nose can be heard.] 


Dr. Garrison: For the record, just give me a 
simple adjective. First thing that comes into 
your mind. 


SCP-2836: ... Bored, | guess. 


Dr. Garrison: [pen scribbling] Are you not 
satisfied with your accommodations? 


SCP-2836: |'m just... bored. 


Dr. Garrison: Well now, | know this place can 
get a little dull after a while. But maybe | can 
help you, talk to the other directors and make 
you a bit more comfortable. What do you think 
would make things less boring for you around 
here? 


[No response from the subject for several 
seconds, just breathing.] 


Dr. Garrison: Any ideas? 


SCP-2836: [Subject shakes head and is seen 
turning away from Dr. Garrison, seeming to 
lose interest in the interview. Subject slowly 
begins to float away from the table. ]. 


Dr. Garrison: [grabs onto the subject's arm] 
Now hold on, just stick around a little longer, 
please? 


[Subject remains still for several seconds 
before weakly clasping the interview table, re- 
anchoring himself in front of Dr. Garrison.] 


Dr. Garrison: Now you can't expect me to 
believe that you have no interests 
whatsoever? 


SCP-2836: [another brief pause] | miss our 
boat. 


Dr. Garrison: [grinning enthusiastically] Well 
now we're getting somewhere. Please, tell me 
all about your boat. 


[SCP-2836 seen pushing his hair out of his 
face from the aquatic effect. Nods gently at Dr. 
Garrison. ] 


SCP-2836: My dad bought it when | was just a 
little kid. He decided to name it, almost like it 
was a member of the family. 


Dr. Garrison: Oh? And what did he name it? 
[SCP-2836 falls silent.] 
Dr. Garrison: Do you remember? 


SCP-2836: [nodding] Jenna... after my mom. 
He had it engraved on the hull. 


Dr. Garrison: How thoughitul. 


[SCP-2836 stares blankly at the table, 
breathing steadily. ] 


SCP-2836: We spent a lot of time on that boat. 
| started to have dreams about it. 


Dr. Garrison: Dreams? About 'Jenna'? 


SCP-2836: No, not exactly. | would fall asleep 
during our trips. The waves would make me 
tired. | would feel like | was floating. And then, 
that's how my dreams would feel. 


Dr. Garrison: | see. 


SCP-2836: It felt so real. Sometimes, I'd 
dream about falling to the bottom of the ocean, 
and I'd feel my body hit the sand and snap 
awake. 


Dr. Garrison: Ah, you're referring to a hypnic 
jerk. 


SCP-2836: | don't know. But then came that 
night... 


[Subject seen grasping the interview table 
tightly.] 


Dr. Garrison: Go ahead, I'm listening. 


SCP-2836: | was so soundly asleep, dreaming 
about the waves. | didn't even hear the huge 
storm that had hit us. And next thing | know, 
I'm thrown from the deck. | snap awake... and 
there | am, floating... above the water, like I'm 
still dreaming. 


Dr. Garrison: And your family? 


[SCP-2836 looks downward, visibly 
distressed. ] 


SCP-2836: | tried so hard to save them. The 
boat capsized. | moved as best | could towards 
them, but... as soon as | got into the water, | 
just... fell, all the way to the bottom. 


[Dr. Garrison adjusts his glasses.] 


SCP-2836: The wet sand broke my fall... and | 
just ran, all the way to the damn shore. | 
passed out only to wake up later, still floating, 
spewing out liquid whenever | tried to talk, and 
scared stiff. And on top of everything else, | 
knew they were gone... my folks... [subject 
begins sobbing] and my poor little sister... 


Dr. Garrison: My deepest condolences for 
your loss. This is right around when we 
stepped in, isn't it? 


[Subject nods, gradually regaining 
composure. ] 


SCP-2836: [sighs deeply] Your organization is 
cold, | feel like a science project sometimes. 
But all things considered, | guess I'd rather be 
cooped up here than out there, where people 
try to grab me out of the air because they think 
something's wrong with me. It's not even my 
fault... 


[Subject pauses and looks up at the ceiling, 
visibly drained from crying.] 


SCP-2836: Good old Jenna. 


Dr. Garrison: You've been beyond helpful 
today, SCP-2836. Thank you. Feel free to 
remove the ventilator. 


End interview log, 11:22 A.M. 
Addendum 2836-1 
Note from Dr. Garrison to Site 38 staff 
To entire research team, 


Since my last interview with SCP-2836, I've 
come to the conclusion that his condition is 
psychologically rooted. Specifically, the 
influence of multiple hypnic jerks during 
slumber seem to have triggered some kind of 
an anomalous bodily reaction stemming from 
his subconscious. | request future testing be 
conducted on the subject's brain during the 
sleep process to confirm these hypotheses. 
Pending approval from the higher-ups, | may 
also have an idea that will make my subject 
more open to our visits. I'll have to pull a few 
strings, but it will be worth it. 


-Dr. Garrison, Site 38 
Addendum 2836-2 (Follow Up) 
Addendum 2836-2 


Two weeks after the interview, Dr. Garrison provided 
SCP-2836 with a recovered piece of the wrecked boat 
referred to as ‘Jenna’. The splintered fragment contained 
the letters 'J', 'E' and 'N' slightly faded from salt water 
damage. Subsequent inspections of the subject's 
chamber reveal the piece to be nestled in a vent grating 
roughly 4 meters above the floor, presumably for viewing 
purposes at the leisure of SCP-2836. Subject has since 
expressed contentment at a potential 5th interview with 
Dr. Garrison. 


Footnotes 

1. SCP-2836-1 appear to be ‘inverted bubbles' comprised of H2O 
and trapped within a layer of carbon dioxide exhaled by SCP-2836. 
These will inevitably burst as would normal bubbles either in the air 
or after contact with a foreign object, but will release the entrapped 
water rather than COz. 


« SCP-2835 | SCP-2836 | SCP-2837 » 


SCP-2837: Ancient Physics 


Item #: SCP-2837 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2837 are 
to be kept at separate Sites. No instances are allowed to be at the 

same Site for any period of time without the consensus of both the 

lead researchers on SCP-2837 and the Site Director. 


SCP-2837-1 is kept at Site 17, suspended in the center of a cell 
measuring 4m x 4m x 4m. SCP-2837-2 is kept at Site 24, 
suspended in the center of a cell measuring 60 m x 60 m x 60 m. 
SCP-2837-3 is kept at Site 37, suspended in the center of a cell 
measuring 15 m x 15 mx 15 m. SCP-2837-4 is kept at Site 50, 
suspended in the center of a cell measuring 35 m x 35 m x 35 m. All 
containment cells are to have access doors located only in one of 
the upper corners of the chamber, with a walkway extending to the 
center of the room, allowing access to the SCP-2837 instance. 


By preference, only telepresence robots are allowed to enter the 
range of effect of an SCP-2837 instance. In the rare event that direct 
human exposure is required, only D-class personnel are to be used. 


SCP-2837 instances present a null probability of active containment 
breach. If accessed or moved by an outside force or individual, 
follow standard protocols for neutralizing the outside agent. 


Description: SCP-2837 consists of a set of 4 perfect Platonic solids 
composed of different unidentified indestructible substances. The 
edges of each instance are 17.37 cm in length. Each instance is 
surrounded by an anomalous region of space centered on it, within 
which the laws of physics are altered such that all matter consists of 
mixtures of 4 indivisible particles, described below, and the laws of 
thermodynamics and motion are greatly simplified. Normal 
molecular structures are replaced by simple structures composed of 


these particles, which interact in a manner sufficient to mimic those 
of standard molecules. The action by which this mimicry works is 
poorly understood. 


SCP-2837-1 is a tetrahedron composed of a uniform red 
(wavelength 700 nm) substance. Its range of effect is a sphere with 
a radius of 1.74 m. All exothermic reactions occurring within this 
volume produce approximately 50% more thermal energy than they 
do outside the affected region. Inside the affected region, all thermal 
and electrodynamic energetic processes are facilitated by the 
transfer of nanoscopic tetrahedral particles. Purely thermal or 
electric discharges are composed exclusively of these particles, in 
varying concentrations and luminosities. 


SCP-2837-2 is a cube composed of a uniform green (wavelength 
549 nm) substance. Its range of effect is a sphere with a radius of 
27.8 m. Within the affected region, the force of gravity is normalized 
such that all objects within it experience 9.8 /.2 of acceleration 
towards the center of the Earth, regardless of the distance from the 
Earth. A continuous bidirectional flow of nanoscopic cubical particles 
extends from all solid objects towards the center of the Earth. 
Additionally, any magnetized objects form similar, less intense flows 
with ferromagnetic objects within the affected region. All solid matter 
contains high concentrations of these particles, with elemental iron 
being formed exclusively of them. 


SCP-2837-3 is an octahedron composed of a uniform yellow 
(wavelength 570 nm) substance. Its range of effect is a sohere with 
a radius of 6.95 m. Sapient creatures report a greater clarity of 
thought and ease of thinking within the affected region and perform, 
on average, 15% higher on standardized measures of intelligence 
and achievement than they do outside the region. Dense clouds of 
nanoscopic octahedral particles surround all living brain tissue within 
the affected region, with density operating according to the inverse- 
square law. Additionally, all objects that contain or transmit coherent 
information! are accompanied by similar, but less dense, clouds of 
these particles. All gases within the effective range are rendered 
uniform and breathable and are composed exclusively of these 
particles. 


SCP-2837-4 is an icosahedron composed of a uniform blue 


(wavelength 446 nm) substance. Its range of effect is a sphere with 
a radius of 15.6 m. All coefficients of friction are reduced by 
approximately half within the affected region. Additionally, all 
mechanical or kinetic processes are facilitated by the transfer or 
action of nanoscopic icosahedral particles. All liquids are composed 
primarily of these particles, with purified water being composed 
exclusively of them. 


When two or more instances are within 50.3 cm of each other, the 
affected region becomes a perfect sphere with center at the centroid 
of the placement of the instances. The radius of the sphere is equal 
to the sum of the radii of the soheres surrounding each included 
instance. The effects of each instance are active throughout the 
entirety of the new volume. Experimentation has determined that 
biological processes that occur within this collective region operate 
at approximately 30-50% efficiency, depending on the complexity of 
the organism. Notably, microscopic organisms die immediately upon 
entering this region. All biological matter that expires within the 
region rapidly decays into disorganized admixtures of the four 
particle types, which gradually stratify over time.