Agent : My pleasure, but | wouldn't exactly call it 
"capture". Anyhoo, after they called us in we tracked the 
sucker to the coast. There, we found him wandering 
around picking up some trash on the beaches. I'm not 
sure why, guess he was bored. 


Dr. : Howdid you approach it? 


Agent _ : Well at first we surrounded him. This only 
aggravated him, and he started to grow in size. The wind 
was really picking up, so we backed away. We weren't 
able to call for backup, it was causing some sort of radio 
interference. He just stayed at that spot, trying to suck us 
in. Agent got sucked up and was thrown several feet 
away. 


Dr. :How hurt was he? 


Agent — : His back was broken. | couldn't go to him 
‘cause the twister was right over my head. | thought | 
was gonna die, then the wind died down, and | saw the 
twister was getting smaller. Next thing | know it tossed 


this piece of wood next to me. 


Dr. _: Okay then. In what manner did you react to that 
situation? 


Agent _ : (Drinks from a glass of water) At first | was 
just lying on the sand wondering why this thing didn't kill 
me. The twister was moving side to side, like he was 
waiting for something. | put my hand on the wood, and it 
started moving faster and faster. | picked it up and he 
grew taller. He was getting really excited on the chunk of 
wood. So | threw it away from us, and he wasted no time 
fetching it. Anyways we went to our teammate and called 
for a med team. We stopped when the twister tossed the 
same hunk of wood at me and was just sitting several 
feet away. Lead Agent said to me, "I think this 
twister wants to play fetch with you." | thought it was 
crazy at first, since it virtually crippled . "He's not 
attacking us right now, and besides, I'd rather have him 
calm now than angry.", he said. All the while it was just 
sitting there waiting for me to throw the wood again. 


Dr. :So howdid you contain it? 


Agent _ : We just played fetch until the Recovery Team 
showed up. Besides, bullets can't do shit on him so why 
bother. In the end, we managed to lure it into the holding 
container, but someone had to stay with him, or else he'd 
get mopy and make another ruckus. We ended up 
drawing straws, and Agent drew the short one. I'd 
have to admit, that was my favorite. We still visit him now 
and then, and he even said sorry to Agent 


Dr. _: Thank you for your time. 
<End Log> 


Addendum: Communication Attempt 

On the morning of / / , field researchers discovered a large debris 
formation created by SCP-1352. The pattern was too large to be 
seen from ground level, requiring the use of an unmanned aerial 


vehicle. At 300 meters, the pattern was revealed to be the word 
"HELO". Subsequently, the Director has authorized further 
communication experiments with SCP-1352. 


Footnotes 

1. The entity displays characteristics of major whirlwinds, but it has 
been classified as a dust devil due to its lack of a cloud base and the 
intense electrical activity it generates. 


« SCP-1351 | SCP-1352 | SCP-1353 » 


SCP-1353: Comforting Centipedes 


Item #: SCP-1353 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1353 are to be kept in the 
same room, but stored separately in sealed plastic tubs. Tubs are to 
be labeled in accordance with each instance. SCP-1353 instances 
are to be handled only while wearing full-body protective wear. 
Individuals may only interact with one another for purposes of 
experimentation. 


SCP-1353-A are to be kept in standard humanoid containment 
chambers. They are to be denied access to any toys, music, books 
and other recreational items older than 12 calendar months unless 
in controlled lab circumstances but are to be otherwise treated as a 
normal human in containment. SCP-1353-A are permitted access to 
psychiatric medication upon request in order to mitigate emotional 
response. They also must keep a daily record of their awareness of 
SCP-1353 in a journal. These records should be added to 
Document-1353-01 on a weekly basis. Should the SCP-1353-A 
population exceed more than 5, the oldest and least healthy are to 
be culled and remains cremated immediately after culling. 


There is to be no skin contact with SCP-1353 or SCP-1353-A 
instances without permission of level 4 or higher personnel. 


Description: SCP-1353 is a given label to a group of animate 
needle-felted sculptures closely resembling members of the class 
Chilopoda (centipedes). Instances of SCP-1353 vary in color and 
size, typically bearing at least twenty pairs of legs and a pair of 
functional eyes. Typically, adults can range from 30 to 50 
centimeters in length and are on average 2 centimeters in width. 
SCP-1353 is capable of breeding, but only adult instances are able 
to create SCP-1353-A. Specimens have been typically found in 
urban environments, with exceptions as a result of interaction with 


trucks and other human transportation. 


SCP-1353 displays nocturnal behavior and will actively seek out 
sleeping humans to turn into SCP-1353-A via dermal exposure. 
Once contact is made, a specimen will use its forcipules to create an 
incision and enter the human. These forcipules generate a venom 
that works as a local anesthetic and thus the incisions will usually go 
unnoticed until the specimen has thoroughly embedded itself under 
the skin. Once embedded, the specimen will continue to move 
underneath the skin but will not cause tissue damage; it is 
hypothesized that SCP-1353 is capable of creating a minor spatial 
anomaly to achieve this effect. Approximately 1 week after 
embedding, SCP-1353 will no longer be seen underneath the skin 
and is assumed to enter a dormant state inside of the host's 
abdominal cavity. Humans hosting an SCP-1353 instance are 
collectively referred to as SCP-1353-A. SCP-1353-A report being 
aware of hosting SCP-1353 instances but do not usually report pain 
apart from injuries caused by initial entry. 


Hosts continue to function as normal human beings, with the only 
exception being when presented with any stimulation that invokes 
feelings of nostalgia. If SCP-1353-A experience nostalgia of any 
kind, the hosted SCP-1353 instance will re-activate and continue its 
movements at random inside the body. This re-activation time has 
been reported to last at least 15 minutes and at most 5 hours. 
SCP-1353-A are acutely aware of the presence and movement of 
their hosted SCP-1353; they will express moderate to extreme 
discomfort at the re-activation. SCP-1353-A are known to react 
violently to nostalgia as a result of this, but may eventually adapt to 
deprive themselves of the emotion. 


Addendum-04/25/20 : An outbreak of SCP-1353-A was reported to 
Foundation personnel in the city of Austin, Texas, United States of 
America. Investigation into the outbreak uncovered the source of a 
population of SCP-1353, currently theorized to have been 
purposefully planted. A single metal box was found as the source of 
the assumed planted population, containing the following note. 
Inquiry into potential suspects are currently ongoing. 


congratuLations you found my box, friend! 
iam giving to this city lOts of friends to mend 


these furry friends that i'Ve made lovE you, though they 
hide 

and they will gladly hUg you from the inSide! 

-108801 


Addendum-1353-A-19: The following is a personal log from 
SCP-1353-A-19, a 47-year-old female of African American descent. 
SCP-1353-A-19 reports to have been host to its SCP-1353 instance 
for the past years, despite having only been under Foundation 
custody for the past . 


| used to try and tough out the feeling. | thought that | 
could get used to it. 


It's like a cat in your lap with its claws dug in until there 
are little pricks all in your stomach and legs, and then it 
climbs in and you feel its fur rubbing against the wrong 
side of your skin. Every leg taps alongside each other 
and you can feel every thread as it pushes itself a little 
tunnel inside you. Why did this happen to me? | just 
woke up thinking about some man with kind eyes | saw 
down the street the day before, how he touched my arm 
and said he was sorry before walking off. Same place 
that morning | felt it on me. | could see the little bumps of 
its segments as bulges in my skin as it pushed itself up 
my shoulder and watched it climb down my back in the 
mirror. It went into my belly and then it made itself at 
home in me. 


And now, every time I'm reminded, it reminds me that it's 
still there. | can feel its little felty legs. Sometimes it 
crawls upside down inside me, so | feel the legs instead 
of the fur on the wrong side of my skin. Most of the time 
though, whenever I'm reminded, | can feel it rubbing and 
crawling along my intestines. Every thread, antennae, 
even the little bulge of its eyes. 


Today | felt it crawl up inside my neck, back against my 
trachea and legs against the artery. It shimmied up to the 
back of my neck and started shuffling against my skull. 
The skin was really stretched up there and | figured it 


might've gotten stuck once or twice. Really though the 
worst part was that | could kind of hear it when it circled 
near one of my temples. It sounded like really quiet 
brushing or swishing against the bone as it crept along. | 
think its fangs scraped a little, too. 


You never get used to it. You just learn to avoid what 
makes it go. 


« SCP-1352 | SCP-1353 | SCP-1354 » 


SCP-1354: Fancy-Talking Soup 


Item #: SCP-1354 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-1354 are 
to be contained in food-grade airtight plastic containers at Sector-28. 
Each instance is to undergo psychiatric evaluation at least once per 
year. 


Description: SCP-1354 is the collective designation for twelve (12) 
eleven (11) 250 mL volumes of soup stock, designated SCP-1354-1 
through -11. Despite their age, instances of SCP-1354 show no 
signs of spoilage and have proven edible. Additionally, instances of 
SCP-1354 are exothermic, maintain a constant temperature of 37 
degrees celsius and have shown no signs of evaporation. 


Instances of SCP-1354 are capable of written responses to verbal 
communication via the manifestation of letter-shaped pasta. Unless 
otherwise prompted, responses will remain on the surface of 
SCP-1354 for 3-4 minutes before submerging and vanishing. For 
interview purposes, instances of SCP-1354 are to remain intact 
(‘intact' defined as maintaining a volume greater than 245 mL). 
While removal of less than 5 mL has no effect on SCP-1354 (and 
will regenerate within 24 hours), the removal of larger volumes 
appear to cause confusion, psychosis and incoherent responses in 
SCP-1354 instances. Attempts at diluting SCP-1354 above 250 mL 
with additional fluids result in SCP-1354 "absorbing" the additional 
liquid and maintaining a constant volume. 


Each instance of SCP-1354 appears to contain the consciousness 
from one of several dozen individuals reported missing from ; 
Oregon between the dates of 04/07/19 and 02/16/20 . All missing 
individuals corresponding to instances of SCP-1354 share several 
characteristics, most notably age (between 30 and 35) and status as 
the head of a single-parent household (see Interview Log 1354-001). 


The whereabouts of children of SCP-1354 instances, as well as an 
additional missing persons believed to correspond to uncontained 
instances, remain unknown. 


SCP-1354 was brought to Foundation attention after persistent 
rumors of “talking soup” began circulating in local homeless shelters 
and soup kitchens. Further investigation led to the procurement of 
this instance as well as a further eleven instances of SCP-1354 
obtained during a recent canned food drive. Class B amnestics were 
administered to all witnesses. 


Interview Log 1354-001 

Dr. F : SCP-1354-1, can you hear me? 
SCP-1354-1: YES. WHO ARE YOU? 

Dr. F : My name is Dr. F . I'd like to ask you some 
questions about your current state, if that’s alright. 
SCP-1354-1: MY CURRENT STATE? 

Dr. F : Yes. Do you recall the events that occurred on 
04/15/20 (Note: The date of SCP-1354-1’s 
disappearance) 

SCP-1354-1: NORMAL DAY. NEW GUY IN SOUP 
KITCHEN. CREEPY 

Dr. F : What was wrong with him? 

SCP-1354-1: TALKED TO FOOD. SANG TOIT. 
LISTENED TO IT. COMPLAINED IT WAS ILLITERATE. 
TOLD HIM IT WAS FOOD. JUST EAT IT AND BE 
HAPPY. 

Dr. F : What happened afterwards? 

SCP-1354-1: SAID | WAS RUDE. SAID HE HOPED MY 
LITTLE GIRL WOULD GROW UP WITH MANNERS. 
SCARED ME. 

Dror : Why did that scare you? 

SCP-1354-1: NO ONE THERE KNOWS | HAVE A 


DAUGHTER. 
Dr. F : Interesting. Did anything else happen that 
day? 


SCP-1354-1: NO. WENT HOME. WENT TO SLEEP. 
WOKE UP. THEN EVERYTHING WAS LIKE THIS. 
Dr. F : Like what? 

SCP-1354-1: WET. DARK. STILL. 


Dr. F : Thank you. That will be all. 

SCP-1354-1: WAIT. IS MY GIRL OKAY? 

Dr. F : Your daughter’s whereabouts are currently 
unknown. She went missing the same day you- 

(Note: Letters begin to appear on the surface quickly 
enough for SCP-1354-1 to boil.) 

SCP-1354-1: MISSING?! IT WAS HIM HE TOOK MY 
DAUGHTER. DO SOMETHING PLEASE YOU HAVE TO 
DO SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO- 

Dr. F : This interview is over. 


Researcher's Note: Eight other instances of SCP-1354 
have described encountering a similar entity in or around 

, Oregon immediately prior to their disappearance. 
This entity has tentatively been designated SCP-1354-A 
with descriptions forwarded to Foundation personnel 
embedded in the Police Department. 


« SCP-1353 | SCP-1354 | SCP-1355 » 


SCP-1355: House of Harmonious Boxes 


Item #: SCP-1355 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: The property surrounding 
SCP-1355 is currently under Foundation management, and is to 
remain fenced off under the guise of an ongoing renovation. A 
security perimeter patrolled by guards is to be maintained at all 
times. Any civilians attempting to approach SCP-1355 are to be 
turned away under the pretense of keeping the renovation site clear. 


As SCP-1355 possesses no windows and equipment installed in 
SCP-1355 periodically malfunctions, the building is to be remotely 
monitored using thermal imaging. Due to the results of Incident 
1355-1-23, as part of safety measure 1355-A23 electricity is 
provided to the building. All lights within SCP-1355 are to remain on 
for twelve hours each day, operated by a switchbox located outside 
SCP-1355. 


A population count of SCP-1355-1 is to be carried out weekly. 


Description: SCP-1355 is a one-story building located in the old 

school districtof , . Records recovered from the 
city’s archives list the building as an elementary school scheduled 
for renovation. When initial investigations were carried out by the 
Foundation, SCP-1355 was being used as a temporary book 
storage site. As such, furnishings within SCP-1355 consist primarily 
of tables, small chairs, and numerous stacks of boxes containing 
textbooks. 


SCP-1355 is believed to be inhabited by a colony of life forms, 
designated as SCP-1355-1. Individuals of SCP-1355-1 are believed 
to be visually indistinguishable from the textbook-containing boxes 
stored in SCP-1355. Thermal imaging has revealed that individuals 
of SCP-1355-1 possess a thermal signature similar to that of 


humans; however, the signature dissipates while SCP-1355-1 is in 
motion. Attempts to capture a specimen of SCP-1355-1 have failed. 


Subjects who encounter SCP-1355-1 report hearing multiple voices, 
often described as "beautiful" and singing a song familiar to the 
subject. The music of SCP-1355-1 is observed to induce a sense of 
calmness in subjects. (See logs for further details; in lieu of 
interviews, a simple written questionnaire was provided to each 
subject.)