Another flash of lightning, out in the hall. Your eyes dart 
towards the door, paranoid, dreading, anticipating. /t 
could be anywhere. 


File found.Opening 'SCP-3280 Clearance Level 0' 


remaining in close proximity as a cloud surrounding the main body. 


Two days after initial observation of anomalous behaviour, the 
central mass of SCP-421 was recorded settling close to the sea 
floor. A part of the shoal was observed to leave the cloud and begin 
moving around the compound in what has been described as an 
exploratory pattern, seemingly in an effort to retrieve any material 
not yet subsumed into SCP-421. Though it had decreased in density 
since the feeding, ultrasound monitoring of the main body appeared 
to indicate the formation of a solid structure within it, distinguishable 
from the standard mass of SCP-421 as not being in constant motion. 
On this basis, authorization was granted for the use of an ROV to 
examine the interior of the central mass. 


Upon deployment of ROV - the SCP-421 shoal appeared to 
become agitated. ROV - was able to successfully penetrate the 
outer cloud surrounding the main body of SCP-421; contact was lost 
soon after. The wreckage of the ROV was subsequently drawn into 
the central mass of SCP-421; this is believed to be the first time 
SCP-421 has damaged a non-wooden vessel. 


Investigation is ongoing. 


« SCP-420 | SCP-421 | SCP-422 » 


Note: Due to your clearance level, some information may be 
withheld or incomplete. 


Item Number: SCP-3280 
Object Class: [REDACTED] 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3280 is to remain 
in place at its point of origin in the defunct Johnston Labs and 
Pharmaceuticals Research Center, which has been seized by 

the Foundation. Containment Liaisons are in the process of 


devising long-term containment solutions for SCP-3280. 


Should SCP-3280 reach the entrance to Sub-Level 2, the 
Site will enter a security lockdown, making entrance and 
egress impossible. Do note that this will also activate 
Blackout-Protocol: ensuring that no hazardous or sensitive 
information is broadcast from the Site. This will be necessary 
to prevent a full containment breach and failure of Third 
Mission (Protect) goals. 


Description: [DATA EXPUNGED] 


But of course. Despite the repeated assurances that your 
security upgrade was in the process of being 
implemented, you're still Level 0, and thus, effectively 
worthless as far as Overwatch is concerned. 


The file though. Was that image even right? You've 
glimpsed the file previously - surely it... no. No. That 
cannot be right. No time to be worried about something 
so inane, however. You need to get in. 


The faint drip, drip, dripping of Nichols reminds you of his 
presence. Gingerly, you finger about his body, feeling for 
his security lanyard in the dark. It's wedged beneath him, 
but you're able to slide it out and detach it from the loop. 
Thankfully, Nichols was the type of person to scrawl their 
password on the underside of their clearance card, as 
you discover upon turning it over in your hands. 


You approach the terminal with renewed vigor. 
WELCOME TO SCIPNET DATABASE 
Security Clearance Level 2 - Accepted 
Access Security Footage? 


This is definitely helpful. You don't want to miss the 
opportunity to size up whatever it is that is out there. You 
need to see it with your own eyes. 


y 


Accessing... 


Select the feed you would like to view: 
Access: 2F Barracks 


Researcher Jenson has hanged himself with a makeshift 
noose from a nearby bunk. A lightning flash illuminates a 
puddle beneath his corpse. 


Access: 2F East Wing 


Doctor Emmanuel stumbles listlessly throughout the 
darkened hallway. At the sound of thunder outside, he 
clutches his gut, and collapses. 


Access: 1F Entrance 


The first floor appears to be flooded. It seems that 
several people had attempted to break out through the 
front-door, despite the security measures rendering the 
site inescapable. As they are all face-down, you do not 
recognize the bodies in the water. 


Access: Sub-Level 2 


A man in an orange jumpsuit lay dead in the corner of 


the basement. A pipe on the near wall has burst, and is 
steadily leaking onto the concrete floor. 


Access: 1F Cafeteria 


It is difficult to tell how many staff were present here. All 
that remains, aside from errant clothes bobbing about 
the surface of the water, is a pinkish slurry pooling under 
the windows. 


It's the same all over the site. The dead and the dying, 
everywhere you look. Whatever caused this, whatever is 
lurking in these halls, remains to be seen. This isn't 
getting you anywhere, and it's getting harder to think. 
Olen 

Access file: SCP-3280 


Accessing file: SCP-3280 


Note: Due to your clearance level, some information may be 
withheld or incomplete. 


Item Number: SCP-3280 
Object 


Special Containment Procedures: One D-Class personnel 
is to be deposited into Sub-Level 2 per week 


They are to be presented with misleading information 
concerning the nature of SCP-3280, and instructed to 
progress to the lowest level of the facility. They are to be 
equipped with a flashlight, as well as a security baton for self- 

defense. An ultra 


uency capable of drawing 
SCP-3280 to their location upon accessing the deepest area 
of the sub-level. This should 
to its preference for live prey. 


Getting harder to...keep focus. 


Failure to contain SCP-3280 in this manner will result in the 
full lockdown of Site-51 the site. MTF lota-12 ("The 
lee ane ena * pMraiel Water, ia aca 


liate ( tain the th SNOUIC twelve 
hours pass without Ovenatch receiving an "All Clear" from 


these teams, all Sites are to enact emergen 
inent XK-scenario. 


Description: SCP-3280 is a sapient entity composed of a 
fluid physically identical to water, eapanle of ee 
~2.5 oun eis epomalaue water introduced to SCP 
2d into its mass, and r ioved samples 
prove to aperais identically. At the time of its discovery, the 
entity was approx. 66.4 liters in volume; it is currently 
estimated to be ~2500 liters. 


The entity is hostile to human life. SCP-3280 will seek out 
humans within its vicinity, forcing its mass into open orifices. 
SCP-3280 is also readily absorbed through the pores. The 
affected experience symptoms such as loss of motor control, 
weakening of the micturition reflex, visual hallucinations, and 
abdominal pain. 


Almost as if on cue, you feel a churning in your own 
stomach. 


SCP- plays claustrophobic behavior, 


tr spo rtation impossible. When not hunting living prey, 
SCP-3280 will tempi : exit the ae eve) Me iS 


cumeny eomtained IC Thus far, SCP-3280 | pt 
's entrance. It Is | 4 that if 


SCP- 3280 jeartis that it it is paced within the sub: ive it could 


instigate a violent response from the entity, irrevocably 
breaking containment. SCP-3280's escape from the site 
proper would constitute an XK-cla 
ario, once it becomes incorporated into the planet's 
water cycle. Contingency measures include 


The roiling in your stomach becomes unbearable. You 
recoil backwards, away from the monitor. You drunkenly 
stumble, struggling against the thing inside of you, out 
into the hallway. The storm outside rages. Torrents of 
raindrops spatter across the windows. You fall against 
the wall, face pressed against the cool glass. 


It is only in those final seconds, as water wells up to your 
throat and expands, that you notice the raindrops 
streaking towards your face, in defiance of gravity. 


Footnotes 
1. Personnel are to be reminded that there is noSite-5. 


SCP-3281: [REDACTED BY AARS538] 


Item #: SCP-3281 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: No method is known to prevent 
the spontaneous occurrence of subtype-A or T incidents of 
SCP-3281, and resource-allocation is currently prioritized toward the 
inhibition of SCP-3281 outbreaks. 


All data related to SCP-3281 is to be added to the encrypted 
database of Autonomic Analysis and Response System 538 
(AARS538). AARS538 is to have full and immediate access to all 
data from the Foundation's civilian-surveillance pathways. In the 
event that an outbreak is detected by AARS538, the system will 
dispense a set of unmanned aerial drones to the effected area, 
which will discharge either aerosol cartridges of Class-A amnestics 
(in subtype A incidents involving a radius of less than .5 km) or 
incendiary devices (in subtype T incidents or subtype A incidents 
involving a radius larger than .5 km). Foundation agents will only be 
dispatched by AARS538 when the outbreak has been judged as 
totally neutralized. 


Members of Foundation staff who have been affected by SCP-3281 
and any individual exposed to them are to be immediately 
transported to their facility's chamber-538. While detained there, the 
affected individuals will be exposed to Class-A amnestics while 
behavioral data is collected and processed by AARS538. The 
individuals will only be released when no signs of SCP-3281 are 
visible. 


All data within AARS538's databases are to be autoencrypted to 
prevent the retrieval of files by any other system. In the event that 
the database is believed to be compromised, AARS538 will 
immediately self-destruct with the use of an internal explosive 
device. 


Description: SCP-3281 is a class of memetic diseases that spread 
through the concepts of specific actions. Twenty-four strains are 
currently identified. If a human becomes cognizant of the process of 
performing one of these actions, they will immediately gain a strong 
compulsion to do so. The longer the individual resists this 
compulsion, the more severe the psychological effects will become. 
After 1-3 hours, this results in brain damage characterized by a 
progressive loss of cognition and self-control. No case has reported 
resistance against the compulsion for longer than 43 hours. 


Individuals may become afflicted with SCP-3281 spontaneously by 
developing the idea of the anomalous action. SCP-3281 may also 
be contracted by processing a recorded description or, most 
commonly, by observing the action being performed by an afflicted 
individual. Once afflicted with SCP-3281, an individual can only be 
partially cured with the application of amnestics. While the 
compulsion and progressive aspect of the disease will be alleviated 
in these cases, brain damage will remain. 


Three subtypes of SCP-3281 exist, designated subtype N, A and T. 


SCP-3281-N describes strains that have been universally 
neutralized to prevent any spontaneous incidents. 


Known strains of SCP-3281-N 
SCP-3281-N-a 


Previous subtype: T 

Description of anomalous action: The 
afflicted individual [REDACTED BY AARS538] 
witha brand garden trowel. 
Transmissability rating: D- 

Spontaneity rating: C 

Neutralization report: By Foundation 
intervention, brand garden trowels have 
been totally recalled, and all records of the 
product's existence have been removed. 
Individuals closely linked to the production of 
the product have been administered the 
appropriate amnestics. 


Known casualties: 37 dead, 18 injured, 178 
with permanent brain damage, 24 terminated 


SCP-3281-N-b 


Previous subtype: A 

Description of anomalous action: The 
afflicted individual covers the surface of their 
face with [REDACTED BY AARS538]. 
Transmissability rating: C+ 

Spontaneity rating: C+ 

Neutralization report: [REDACTED BY 
AARS538], the primary ingredient of 
[REDACTED BY AARS538] was rendered 
extinct, and all samples were destroyed. 
Known casualties: 3 injured, 413 with 
permanent brain damage 

Notes: Individuals who mistook [REDACTED 
BY AARS538] for [REDACTED BY AARS538] 
or other similar condiments were not afflicted. 


SCP-3281-N-c 


Previous subtype: T 

Description of anomalous action: The 
afflicted individual travels to the nearest 
populated area ina [REDACTED BY 
AARS538] model sports utility vehicle and 
uses the vehicle to injure or kill any 
pedestrians visible. 

Transmissability rating: D 

Spontaneity rating: B+ 

Neutralization report: By Foundation 
intervention, [REDACTED BY AARS538] 
model sports utility vehicles have been totally 
recalled, and all records of the vehicle's 
existence have been removed. Individuals 
linked to the product have been administered 
the appropriate amnestics. 

Known casualties: 83 dead, 109 injured, 76 
with permanent brain damage, 15 terminated 


Notes: Only individuals who recognized the 
specific brand of vehicle used became afflicted 
by SCP-3281-N-c. 


SCP-3281-N-d 


Previous subtype: A 

Description of anomalous action: The 
afflicted individual performs a handstand and 
[REDACTED BY AARS538]. 
Transmissability rating: B 

Spontaneity rating: D+ 

Neutralization report: During routine testing 
performed automatically by AARS538, 
transmission of the strain no longer appeared 
to affect the D-Class subjects. 

Known casualties: 5 injured, 35 with 
permanent brain damage 

Notes: The conditions leading to SCP-3281-N- 
d's neutralization are still unknown. No 
declassification process is in place. 


SCP-3281-A describes strains in which the threat of a severe 
outbreak or significant harm to human life is low enough that non- 
lethal methods are pursued. 


Known strains of SCP-3281-A 
SCP-3281-A-a 


Description of anomalous action: The 
afflicted individual gathers dirt ina 
[REDACTED BY AARS538], carries it to their 
own bathtub (or shower if a bathtub is 
unavailable) and [REDACTED BY AARS538]. 
Transmissability rating: B 

Spontaneity rating: D 

Known casualties: 212 with permanent brain 
damage. 


SCP-3281-A-b 


Description of anomalous action: The 
afflicted individual performs a series of 
repetitive gestures lasting approximately two 
minutes which includes [REDACTED BY 
AARS538]. 

Transmissability rating: C+ 

Spontaneity rating: B- 

Known casualties: None 

Notes: An individual must observe the entire 
two-minute action to become afflicted. 


SCP-3281-A-c 


Description of anomalous action: The 
afflicted individual travels to a barn where no 
other humans are visible, climbs onto the roof 
and [REDACTED BY AARS538]. 
Transmissability rating: F 

Spontaneity rating: B 

Known casualties: 1 injured, 1 with 
permanent brain damage 


SCP-3281-A-d 


Description of anomalous action: The 
afflicted individual lays flat on the ground and 
[REDACTED BY AARS538]. 
Transmissability rating: B+ 

Spontaneity rating: C 

Known casualties: 1 dead, 23 injured, 63 with 
permanent brain damage, 1 terminated 


SCP-3281-A-e 


Description of anomalous action: The 
afflicted individual travels to the nearest boat 
dealership, seeks out a customer service 
representative and makes a request for 
[REDACTED BY AARS538]. 
Transmissability rating: B 

Spontaneity rating: B- 


SCP-422: Patchwork Beast 


Item #: SCP-422 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-422 is to be contained ina 
3.5 m x 3.5 m room. The room is to be kept bare, save for 
SCP-422’s bedding, water bowl, and a dog toy provided by Dr. 


SCP-422 is to be fed twice a day, on a strictly carnivorous diet. 
SCP-422 may be fed any type of raw meat, provided in portions 
appropriate for a medium-to-large size dog. All meat must be 
carefully boned, as consuming bone can cause [DATA EXPUNGED] 
and other anomalies with SCP-422’s hide. 


SCP-422 is to be monitored by security cameras placed in its 
enclosure, as well as two guards armed with tranquilizers stationed 
at the door. Though the creature has shown no interest in escaping 
or unprovoked hostility, it has the capability of doing so.