SCP-2956-2: None, I'm afraid. Our mother is 
dead, our dacha demolished, every record 
cleanly scrubbed. They gave me a new 
identity, but | still called myself Peter in private. 
You should consider yourself lucky that you 
could find anything on Ivan. The GRU 
attempted to completely remove his memory 
from existence. All they wanted was a fully 
autonomous submarine that would follow their 
orders. Completely dehumanizing him is was 
their method of control. 


Dr Froon: Thank you for your time, Peter. 
There will be more interviews soon, but for 
now just complete as many puzzles as 


possible. 

<END LOG> 

Interview Log 16 

<START LOG> 

Dr Froon: Peter, how are you feeling? 
SCP-2956-2: I've been better, I'll be honest. 
Dr Froon: What's wrong? 


SCP-2956-2: Ivan's hitting me hard this time. | 
think | need less time to sleep. 


Dr Froon: That's not possible. Doctors on site 
have agreed that you're already undergoing 
sleep deprivation. We're trying to keep you 
safe as well as keeping you locked up. 


SCP-2956-2: | think Ivan is planning 
something. He keeps trying to grab the 
controls whilst I'm asleep. I've become quite 
adapted to waking up in time but it's starting to 
get mentally taxing. It's getting harder to 
concentrate. Why are you here? 


Dr Froon: | wanted to see what SC- lvan, had 
been sending you. Mentally, | mean. 


SCP-2956-2: Well, right now he's been 
repeating the same things, a mixture of 
Russian marching songs and quotes by Karl 
Marx. 


Dr Froon: Are those coming from him? Is he 
speaking directly into your ear? 


SCP-2956-2: No. Somehow he's been able to 
directly send footage to me, although it's quite 


blurry. Yesterday he sent me a 3 hour 
documentary about the Russian revolution to 
me, on repeat. | don't know if he's got it aboard 
his sub or if he just has good memory. 


Dr Froon: Is that why you became 
unresponsive yesterday? 


SCP-2956-2: Yes, sensory overload. | think his 
new tactic is more attrition than anything else. 
He's trying to (inaudible) 


Dr Froon: You're sweating. Is lvan sending 
you something? 


SCP-2956-2: | don't know, but it's a very vivid 
hallucination. There's someone in the corner of 
the room, | think it's meant to be Ivan, when he 
was young. It's quite fuzzy around the edges. 
He's throwing a ball against the wall of the 
room. | think it's his favorite ball, when he was 
ten. When he does something like that, it gets 
hard to hate him. It reminds me of better times, 
Doctor. 


SCP-2956-2 throws a ball of paper towards the 
corner of the containment chamber, tracks an 
invisible object across the room. 


SCP-2956-2: He just walked through the wall. 
Ivan did this yesterday whilst | was trying to 
sleep. Some faceless commissar appeared by 
the side of my bed and started lecturing me 
about communism and society and everything, 
then went on a tangent about the woods near 
our old house. | want you to understand how 
hard it is to concentrate on anything whilst a 
man is screaming in my face asking if I'm 
"hiding the Tsar under my floorboards". This 
room doesn't even have floorboards. 


Dr Froon: Your sleep cycle is worsening. 
You're eating less. You're being increasingly 
unresponsive to guard's orders. How long can 
you last like this? 


SCP-2956-2: Right now, I'm not sure. It's 
never been this bad. He seems to suspect that 
you're going to try and kill him. Your friends in 
the boats, | mean. 


Dr Froon: Whilst you were asleep, SCP-2956 
attempted to ram one of our vessels. You 
appeared to have awoken at the same 
moment, quite suddenly. 


SCP-2956-2: | know. | felt him overwhelm me, 
kind of, whilst | was asleep. | woke up when | 
felt myself slipping. Waging psychological 
warfare against Ivan to keep him off the 
controls is tiring. It's something I've had to deal 
with for the past 25 or so years. 


Dr Froon: That submarine is a danger, that's 
for sure, and you're currently the only thing 
keeping him at bay. Can you somehow speak 
with him and convince him to surface, or enter 
an inlet or somewhere where we can trap him? 


SCP-2956-2: Why? So you can contain him? 
You're no better than the others, are you? I've 
always tried to ignore him, but | can't anymore. 
Ivan doesn't deserve to be treated like an 
object. He doesn't deserve to get locked up in 
a pen and tested on. You'll lie to him, just like 
the GRU lied to him about bringing him back 
and "fixing" him. (pauses) |'m not able to 
anyway, he has severed my line of 
communication. | can't speak with him. 


Dr Froon: Right. Well, | think the researchers 
here are quite keen to find out how someone 


traps a ghost inside a submarine, or how to 
even trap a conscious mind from a deceased 
individual. 


SCP-2956-2: If you're asking again, no. There 
is no evidence remaining regarding the 
technology used to reanimate his 
consciousness and trap it inside a computer. 
They were sent through 3 when the USSR 
fell. 


Dr Froon: So you know nothing about the 
process involving the creation of SCP-2956-1 
in its current state? 


SCP-2956-2: No, and nor do | wish to. The 
entire process was kept a secret from me. I'm 
even sure that Ivan didn't know what was 
going on. The few times I've asked him, he 
hasn't really explained his situation in great 
detail. He's not the best conversationalist. 
(pauses) Can you make a promise for me, 
Doctor? 


Dr Froon: What is it? 


SCP-2956-2: When you do attempt to destroy 
the submarine, which | know you'll try, make 
sure you kill lvan as well. Don't leave anything 
behind, completely destroy it and leave 
nothing behind. The last thing | want is for him 
to be conscious down there. Even if the first 
thing he tries to kill with a missile is me. He's 
my brother and, in a way, | want what's best 
for him. 


SCP-2956 places his head in his hands. 


SCP-2956-2: Wow. | can't believe | just said 
that. It reminds me of the time before Ivan 
died, when | actually appreciated him. You got 


siblings, Doctor? 
Dr Froon: | have a younger brother. 


SCP-2956-2: From one sibling to another, 
Doctor, could you do that for me? Make sure 
he doesn't feel much pain? 


Dr Froon: I'll see what | can do, but for now, 
here's another puzzle. We've ran out of new 
puzzles, so you'll have to make do for the time 
being. I'm not sure if you've done this one 
before. 


SCP-2956-2 points towards the eastern wall. 


SCP-2956-2: No point, looks like little Ilvan's 
come back and started playing again. | don't 
want to think about him, not like a child. It 
makes me tear up. Can | have some more 
time in a reduction chamber? Just for a little 
while? 


<END LOG> 


Two days after the second recorded interview, 
SCP-2956-2 collapsed in his cell. The emergency 
response team on site was summoned to find 
SCP-2956-2 had undergone a sudden and dangerous 
seizure, leading to immediate heart failure. 


At the same moment, an RSM Bulava SLBM (disguised 
as aUS missile for reasons that are currently 
unknown) was launched from SCP-2956 and broke the 
surface. The team on the SCPF Faithfull were taken by 
surprise, as the launch had happened 2 minutes before 
Site-77 had alerted them regarding SCP-2956's sudden 
cardiac arrest. The missile climbed into the sky, before 
orienting itself north-east, heading directly toward the 
French mainland. The missile altered its course by 3 
degrees, changing its trajectory in an attempt to target 


contact with Area-354 or its evacuees, the Area's on site warhead 
was detonated, resulting in the destruction of the entire facility and 
the deaths of [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


MTF ©-12 was ordered to make contact with the evacuated 
personnel and, in the event of hostility, was given clearance to 
terminate any uncooperative personnel. A large convoy of vehicles 
taken from Area-354 was spotted heading southward from Area-354 
at high speed. Final audio logs from MTF ©-12 indicate that the 
convoy was made up of Area-354's staff, and that the previous chain 
of command had broken down in its entirety, with armed D-class 
personnel and research personnel firing upon MTF 0-12. MTF 0-12 
was annihilated and no further contact with the former personnel of 
Area-354 has been made since. 


Document 354-5: Following the total destruction of Area-354, the 
Red Pool Containment Site was constructed in its place. Basic maps 
of the new facility can be found in - -and - - . Unlike 
the previous facility which was focused on research and 
neutralization of entities emerging from SCP-354, the new facility is 
devoted entirely to the containment of SCP-354 and entities which 
may emerge from it, as well as any unforeseen forces which it may 
create directly. This is due largely to the advisement of the new Site 
Head [DATA EXPUNGED] who believes that the events of Log 
354-20 were the result of a psychic or mental attack generated by 
SCP-354 itself. 


Document 354-6: Interview regarding [DATA EXPUNGED] 
Dr. : Is it all right if | record this? 
Agent: Yes, go ahead. 


Dr. : Good, good. (pause) So, let's start at the beginning. 
What happened at the Red Pool containment site? 


Agent — : Looking back now... it seems strange that nobody ever 
suggested draining the pool. When Dr. came upwithit... it 
seemed like such a good idea at the time. 


the city of Paris. 


Seven minutes into the missile’s flight, SCP-2956-2 was 
revived, and after three minutes regained full 
consciousness. At this point, the missile's propulsion 
system failed, causing the missile to lose momentum and 
fall back to earth, impacting the Bay of Biscay four 
minutes later without detonation. Recovery efforts were 
unsuccessful, and all system acknowledgments by early 
warning systems in Western Europe were covered up by 
embedded agents. 


The event has been catalogued as Incident 2956-09. 
Further measures have been put in place to allow for a 
secure constant connection between SCPF Faithfull and 
Site-77. 


Interview Log 17 
<START LOG> 


Dr Froon: You gave us quite a scare there, 
you know. What happened? 


SCP-2956-2: Well, I'm not quite sure. lvan's 
been hitting harder. He keeps repeating the 
same mental messages and strange images. 


Dr Froon: Which are? 


SCP-2956-2: Some strange bearded man4 
talking in a lecture. | can't hear him because 
his voice is all distant. Sometimes it's 
backwards. Then it cuts to the same man 
waving the hammer and sickle over the 
Reichstag, then to him in a field. The field 
scene Is... strange. 


Dr Froon: Can you describe it? 


SCP-2956-2: Yeah, sure. It's just that he has 
never done something like this. Not this heavy. 


Dr Froon: Just describe it the best you can. 


SCP-2956-2: Well, he's standing at the bottom 
of a big pile of wood. There's always six 
people, strung up on crosses. It changes each 
time. One time it was the Romanovs, another 
time it was some faceless businessmen. Then 
it was me. Me. | saw myself up there, crying 
and pissing myself. This repeats itself, every 
time. God, | can feel it in the back of my head. 
He keeps doing it. The image is coming back. 
Fuzzy fucking image is back. 


Dr Froon: Just try to keep calm. Is this what 
made you collapse? 


SCP-2956-2: No no. This was different. It was 
on the television, t-the one in the cell. Doctor, 
listen- 


Dr Froon: Yes, we noticed that you had 
destroyed it and thrown it into the corner 
before passing out. We didn't notice any 
deviations in the film being played. We only 
noticed you becoming increasingly more 
distressed. 


SCP-2956-2: Yeah, well the film changed for 
me. One minute | was watching a film then the 
next minute it was completely different. | don't 
know if it came from lvan or my own head. 


Dr Froon: Just describe what you saw. 


SCP-2956-2: Okay. It was some grainy, VHS 
type footage, like the type filmed on an old 
handheld camera. It was me and Ivan, as 
children, playing in the garden when our 
mother calls out to us, telling us dinner is 
ready. | remember the scene exactly, when | 
was seven. 


Dr Froon: And this footage, you remember it 
being shot? Was it done by a relative or- 


SCP-2956-2: No no. It was only my mother, 
brother and me. We lived in our dacha in the 
middle of nowhere. The footage was shot from 
a distance, by someone else. From the 
treeline. Whoever did it, we didn't see them, or 
| don't remember seeing them. | don't even 
know if it happened, or if it's all just in my 
head. Fuck, | can't do this Doctor. 


Dr Froon: No. You slipped up today. Ivan fired 
a missile and nearly killed thousands of 
people. We need to know what happened, so 
carry on. 


SCP-2956-2: Okay. (breaths deeply) So, the 
footage cuts to me and Ivan walking down the 
road, near our house, going to school. P- 
please Doctor, | can't. 


Dr Froon: Peter, you've been treated much 
better than the other things held at this facility. 
Don't let that change. Carry on. 


SCP-2956-2: Okay, okay. (Breaths deeply) 
The camera is following us, bobbing up and 
down as if someone is holding it. lvan keeps 
looking back towards the camera, as if he was 
aware of this guy following us. 


Dr Froon: How do you know it was a man? 


SCP-2956-2: And then it cuts to our 
classroom. All the children are there. The 
man's filming us from the back of the 
classroom, in the corner. No one is paying any 
attention to the man, except for me and Ivan. 
The camera started shaking as if he was 
breathing heavily. Me and Ivan were sitting 


next to each other, doing school work, 
whatever. Me and Ivan keep looking at him, 
looking more and more worried. | don't 
remember this at all, by the way. This had to 
be in my mind. Then all the children, except 
me and lvan, started chanting: "Show me your 
conning tower, something propellers and big 
beautiful silos". Again and again. 


Dr Froon: Was that everything? Is that what- 


SCP-2956-2: And then a submarine crashes 
through the wall. Big metal beast, plows 
through everyone, killing everyone. The 
teachers, all the children, me and lvan, 
bloodied and dead on the floor. Then the 
camera pans up, and shows the man holding 
the camera. He's smiling, almost laughing. 
Has worms in his mouth for some reason, 
hundreds upon hundreds of wiggling worms 
falling out of his mouth. | could hear him 
laughing. It was a strange laugh, not a "haha 
that's funny" laugh, but a laugh of pure 
pleasure and ecstasy. Then | blacked out. 


Dr Froon writes down notes 


SCP-2956-2: | don't know what happened. It 
was otherworldly. The man just seemed 
wrong, in every way. The worms, the contours 
of his face. | had to get rid of him. Even after | 
broke that television, the image still stayed in 
my head. Then | imagined a room, with the 
worm-man phasing back and forth through the 
wall, moaning like each passage through the 
wall was giving him an orgasm. 


Dr Froon: So you blacked out after seeing the 
man with the worms in his mouth. Did you feel 
any other sensations? Any communication 
from Ivan? 


SCP-2956-2: | felt myself slip away, and felt 
him take the keys. Then | woke up. 


Dr Froon: Your heart stopped beating as well. 
You were considered medically dead. Ivan 
fired a missile almost instantly. What 
happened when you awoke? 


SCP-2956-2: | grabbed the controls. | took the 
keys from lvan and stopped him from 
controlling the missile. | knew exactly where it 
was going and what he was going to do next. 
The missile was a diversion, so that he could 
slip away and unleash hell on America, just to 
get his job done. 


Dr Froon writes down notes in silence for 
approximately 12 seconds. 


SCP-2956-2: Doctor, there's something else | 
need to tell you. 


Dr Froon: What's that? 


SCP-2956-2: | didn't know whether it was 
important or not, or just a stupid thing sent 
from lvan. I'm beginning to understand that 
this might be important. 


Dr Froon: What is it?