Addendum 2957-1: Occasionally, on the night of anew moon, 
SCP-2957-1 instances will manifest from SCP-2957. During these 
times, manifested SCP-2957-1 instances appear tense or 


apprehensive in demeanor. On / / 


, a Foundation-familiar 


instance of SCP-2957-1 manifested. Agent Grauer, the current 
assigned SCP-2957-1 contact, managed to conduct a brief 


interview. 


Note: The following interview was conducted in German 
and has been translated. Statements of interest from 
SCP-2957-1 are noted in their original wording. 


Agent Grauer: | have to say, this is an unusual moon 


phase to meet you. 


Bimsstein: Excuse me. But the tides are uneasy and the 
moon is restless in this dark night. His darker servants 


prefer such times. 


Agent Grauer: Are not all of you servants of the moon? 


Bimsstein: "Der Mond ist stark, das wohl, aber er gehort 
uns nicht allein."® See, Heinzelmannchen? are getting by 
but it is not easy; and with the decades it does not 
exactly improve. Yes, we are getting along but with every 
cycle of the moon there are fewer stones that speak, and 
with every day there are less places we can go to. 


Agent Grauer: |'m sorry to hear that. Is there nobody 
else who you can trade with? 


Bimsstein: We only trust ourselves. We bid for a bowl of 
milk here and there, but time goes by and the shadows 
grow longer. The Kobolde like superstitiousness and 
there is more horror and punishment they... no. Forget 
what | have said. 


Agent Grauer: Kobolde, you say? 


Bimsstein: Those of us who take without exchange. We 
have withstood their raids. You should not be the next 
they are taking from. 


Agent Grauer: Should | be wary? Could | meet one of 
them? 


Bimsstein: [haltingly] Maybe, yes. Be suspicious. If you 
see one of us, with eyes so dark as a moonless night, 
who is lifeless as the still wind, and whose skin is limpid 
like trembling water, turn him away. 


Agent Grauer: "One of us"? So they are...? 


Bimsstein: They are those of us who have sworn off the 
first duty of the moon. Those who have turned away from 
him and his guiding words to live by their own schemes. 
"Ein schiefgegangener Wunsch."9 


Agent Grauer: Why do they decline the first duty? 


Bimsstein: The kindness of nature lies in the guidance 
of the moon, and the moon can't guide what he can't 
see. But though we need to hear his words, some don't 
want to listen. Let us not talk about them anymore. 


Agent Grauer: | apologize for bringing up this memory. 
Let us talk about your pay. 


Bimsstein: No my friend. You have listened, that is good 
enough for me. Consider it as full payment. We are 
always glad to trade with you. By the shine of the 
moonstones, we are glad men like you have found one 
of our talking stones. 


Investigation into the "Kobolde" entities mentioned by SCP-2957-1, 
and the existence of additional instances of SCP-2957, is ongoing. 
Recent manifestations of SCP-2957-1 have declined to comment 
further on their culture and history, but remain genial towards 
Foundation personnel. 


Addendum 2957-2: As of / / _ , increased security precautions 
have been recommended by Foundation personnel assigned to 
SCP-2957, due to recurring anomalous activity in the Wuppertal 
park currently housing the statuette. Surveillance records report 
fountain water turning a red hue, single bricks being removed from 
solid walls, and piles of dead insects appearing on the doorstep of 
the caretakers’ cabin used to store trading goods for SCP-2957-1. 


Recent manifestations of SCP-2957-1 have continued to decline to 
comment on these happenings, cautioning Foundation staff, "to 
speak of them is to summon them". 


Footnotes 

1. A visual similarity toSCP-1054has been noted. 

2. This information was noted upon SCP-2957's initial acquisition 
from Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, following Foundation 
investigation into reports of twice-monthly supernatural happenings 
associated with a public nature sanctuary garden. Civilian 
informants involved were amnesticized following interviews. 

3. SCP-2957-1 have been observed to attempt conversation with 
pets, including domesticated cats, dogs, and rodents. SCP-2957-1 
instances speak fluent German, and additionally understand 
common conversational phrases in a variety of other languages. 

4. SCP-2957-1 demonstrate greater approval of translucent stones, 
but will alter any rock material provided by the individual they broker 
the deal with. 

5. Noted by one SCP-2957-1 instance as "the space between tides, 
where the moon and we too rest". 

6. Listed as the first instance of SCP-2957-1 to have successfully 
bartered with Foundation personnel. 

7. Common name "night-blooming jasmine" 

8. "The moon is strong, that is, but he doesn't belong only to us." 

9. A race of creatures from German folklore, specifically a tale about 
little house gnomes. 


10. "A gone-wrong wish." 


« SCP-2956 | SCP-2957 | SCP-2958 » 


SCP-2958: Marooned 


First recorded instance of SCP-2958-1, prior to containment. 


Item #: SCP-2958 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: All discovered instances of 
SCP-2958-1 are to be closed off from public use under the pretense 
of construction. 


As removal of the roundabout of SCP-2958-1 instances has proven 
to successfully neutralize their effects, all discovered instances are 
to be removed through the use of industrial cranes. Direct contact 
with an SCP-2958-1 instance is to be avoided at all times during its 
removal. Once removed, a non-anomalous roundabout is to be 
constructed in its place. 


Description: SCP-2958 is a phenomenon affecting % of 
roundabout islands! and their surrounding roads throughout North 
East England (individual instances henceforth referred to as 
SCP-2958-1). 


While the roundabout of an SCP-2958-1 instance is uninhabited, 
persons entering its area of effect will experience hallucinations 
specifically affecting their perception of the surrounding location and 
any vehicles present. Subjects will perceive the roundabout as a 
desert island of varying size and shape, while the surrounding road 
and area beyond will appear as an expansive ocean. Vehicles 
present will appear as boats; varying in model and size.2 


The initial range of SCP-2958-1’s anomalous effects will decrease 
several minutes after a person has traversed onto the instance's 
roundabout, becoming perceivable only by those located on it. 
SCP-2958-1’s secondary anomalous effects will then activate. Full 
anomalous properties will not return until all subjects located on the 
roundabout island have left the initial area of effect. 


Subjects located on the roundabout will perceive any vehicles on the 
surrounding road to take on the appearence of some form of large 
ocean life, swimming through the hallucinated ocean matching the 
movement and speed of the actual vehicle. Simmilarly to the initial 
effects, the percieved ocean life will be heavily based on the actual 
vehicles size and build. Notable instances of ocean life witnessed 
have included leatherback turtles, bottle-nosed dolphins, giant 
oceanic manta rays and bowhead whales. This effect does not 
target vehicles previously driven by subjects, which will instead be 
perceived as a wrecked boat. 


Subjects will continue to hallucinate as long as they remain within 
SCP-2958-1, and will begin to experience physical effects causing 
their bodies to react as if they were actually located in the perceived 
environment (For a full list of reported effects see Document 2958- 
A). Subjects will continue to experience these effects for several 
hours after leaving SCP-2958-1. 


Discovery Log: The first reported instance of SCP-2958 was found 
in , North East, England in 20 . The instance had come to the 
Foundations attention after discovering reports of a mass-collision 
surrounding a local roundabout. 


+ Incident Report 


Investigation showed five people to have originally 
crashed onto the roundabout of SCP-2958-1 during a 
multi-vehicle collision, severely injuring several involved. 
Affected subjects refused to leave the roundabout island 
upon reportedly witnessing all surrounding vehicles to be 
instances of Carcharodon carcharias (great white shark). 
After an ambulance arrived at the scene, SCP-2958-1's 
secondary effects activated. This lead to severe panic 
among subjects at the sight of what was later described 
as seeing the paramedics emerging from a large gash 
across one of the sharks, appearing sevearely mutilated 
with large sections of their bodies torn off via bite marks 
resembling a shark's. Upon making contact with the 
roundabout, paramedics were suddenly altered to match 
their percieved appearence and expired. 


« SCP-353 | SCP-354 | SCP-355 » 


Foundation personnel arrived at the scene shortly after 
the anomalous properties of SCP-2958-1 had become 
apparent. Once at the location, SCP-2958-1 and the 
surrounding area was closed off, while personnel 
attempted to recover subjects, taking precaution not to 
make contact with its roundabout. Personnel were 
unable to convince subjects to leave the island and were 
forced to use tranquilizers and long-range grappling 
equipment to remove them. During this time, one subject 
left the island in order to evade capture. This lead to the 
effects of SCP-2958-1’s road activating, causing the 
subject to immediately became drenched in water and 
float several inches above the road. The subject 
continued to flee until they were hit by an oncoming car 
outside of SCP-2958-1’s location. The subject was found 
injured but stable and appeared to have a large bite 
mark where they had been hit. 


Upon recovery, bodily examination showed all subjects 
to be suffering from severe sunburns and dehydration. 
Subjects clothes were found to contain traces of sand 
and salt water. All subjects fully recovered, and all those 
involved in the event were given class A amnestic 
treatment. 


Footnotes 


1. A modern roundabout featuring a central island containing plant 


2. Appearance is strongly influenced by the vehicle's build, model 


and colour. 


« SCP-2957 | SCP-2958 | SCP-2959 » 


SCP-2959: What We Did, What We Were 


Item #: SCP-2959 
Object Class: Keter-potissimi 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2959 and all related 
documentation are to be kept at Delta 5 Security Clearance. No 
individual with Delta 5 Security Clearance is to engage in any 
contact with any individual who has been exposed to SCP-2959. 
Communication between individuals with Delta 5 Security Clearance 
and those exposed to SCP-2959 are to be facilitated by an Al 
(LUKA-7) designed to purge the communications of memetic 
hazards while also retaining the general meaning of the message. 


Currently, all major sites are presumed to have been infected with 
SCP-2959 and house an instance of SCP-2959-A. Until eradication 
procedures for SCP-2959 can be designed and implemented, all 
individuals who hold Delta 5 Security Clearance are to be held in 
designated safe zones, at least one hundred kilometers from any 
Foundation outpost. 


Until SCP-2959 can be eradicated, there are no plans to stop the 
behavior of those affected, despite deleterious effects. Those with 
Delta 5 Security Clearance are to focus on finding a way to eliminate 
SCP-2959. If SCP-2959 can be eradicated, all affected individuals 
will be given the choice to be amnesticized. 


Description: SCP-2959 is the designation given to a group of 
entities known to afflicted Foundation personnel as “D-Class.” 
Instances of SCP-2959 appear as average human individuals, of 
varying gender, race, age, and background. Biologically, SCP-2959 
are identical to baseline humans, having standard deviations in their 
mental and physical states. SCP-2959 instances have varied 
personalities with no similarities besides a tendency to refer to 
Foundation personnel as “doc.” Uniformly, SCP-2959 claim to have 
been inmates in various high-security prisons, normally those slated 


for execution or political dissidents from various countries, before 
being taken into Foundation custody. Currently, there is no theory as 
to how SCP-2959 produces its effect. 


SCP-2959's anomalous effect occurs when a Foundation employee, 
in any capacity, interacts with an SCP-2959 instance or an individual 
who has interacted with an SCP-2959 instance. Foundation 
employees who are infected view SCP-2959 as human test 
subjects. Despite previous moral character or aversion toward 
violence, personnel infected by SCP-2959 engage in, or otherwise 
support, experiments utilizing the SCP-2959 instances and other 
SCP objects. These experiments normally result in death or 
otherwise grievous harm being afflicted upon the SCP-2959 
instance. Most experiments offer little scientific merit and achieve no 
greater understanding of the SCP object. Affected personnel's 
disinterest toward the lives and comfort of SCP-2959 instances 
grows over prolonged contact. 


SCP-2959 instances are used as test subjects for one calendar 
month. Infected personnel ensure cooperation of the SCP-2959 
instances through promises of release at the end of their service. On 
the first of every month, the SCP-2959 instances will be terminated. 
Normally, this is achieved through a gas chamber attached to 
SCP-2959-A. Some atypical SCP-2959 terminations have been 
noted in various sites, such as ritualistic beheading, drowning, and 
flogging, with the necessary tools all provided by SCP-2959-A. In all 
cases, terminated SCP-2959 instances are incinerated. As the 
SCP-2959 instances are incinerated, new instances materialize fully 
clothed in orange jumpsuits and asleep within the dormitories of 
SCP-2959-A. Affected personnel do not respond to videos of these 
events or discrepancies involving SCP-2959 transport. Those 
affected experience false memories of SCP-2959 instances being 
delivered to the site. 


SCP-2959-A is a wing or floor (in certain cases, entire buildings) that 
serve as the “D-Class barracks.” SCP-2959-A fully incorporates 
itself into Foundation sites when any involved personnel are infected 
by an SCP-2959 instance or an affected Foundation employee. The 
materialization of SCP-2959-A has been shown to occur 
instantaneously. SCP-2959-A hold all necessary equipment for care, 


eradication, and control of SCP-2959. All site personnel view 
SCP-2959-A as always having been a part of a building. 


Ninety-five percent of SCP-2959 instances have been shown to be 
duplicates of individuals currently serving time in prison, normally for 
petty crimes. Details of their personal lives largely match those of 
their counterparts with the noted exception of the reason for their 
imprisonment. The remaining five percent correspond to no known 
individuals, living or dead. 


Addendum 2959-A: As of 02-13-11, Site 19, the first site infected by 
SCP-2959, has instituted a punishment practice wherein personnel 
are “demoted” to “D-Class” status and are terminated at the end of 
the month as per normal procedures. Reasons for this demotion 
include insubordination and misuse of Foundation funds but also 
chronic tardiness and failure to comply to a recently instituted dress 
code. 


Addendum 2959-B: As of 9-18-16, all other infected sites have 
instituted the practice of demoting employees to “D-Class” status for 
various offenses. 


+ Interview with SCP-2959-10