Observed effects of SCP-1215 are as follows, though no subjects 
exposed to SCP-1215 have been known to exhibit more than one of 
these effects: 


¢ Gastrimargia (Gluttony) — The subject develops an intense 
and insatiable appetite. Phase | symptoms are minor feelings 
of hunger or thirst, consistent with not having eaten for several 
hours. At Phase Il, the subject is constantly eating. Phase III 
symptoms are attempts to eat anything nearby, regardless of 
whether or not the item being devoured would normally be 
considered food. 

Porneia (Lust) — The subject develops extremely heightened 
libido. Phase | symptoms are minor feelings of sexual arousal. 
At Phase II, subjects begin to experience hypersexuality and 
lowered sexual inhibitions. At Phase III, subjects will actively 
seek out sexual gratification by any means necessary, while 
simultaneously ignoring other bodily needs. While no subjects 
have remained in Phase III for long enough to confirm this, it 
is conceivable that an individual suffering from Phase III 
Porneia effects could starve to death as a direct result of their 
symptoms. 

Philargyria (Avarice) — The subject develops excessive 
greed. Phase | symptoms consist of heightened desire for 
wealth, status, and power. Phase II symptoms consist of 
attempts to acquire material possession through theft, bribery, 
or other means. Hoarding is common. Phase III symptoms are 
extreme attempts to obtain wealth, often including violence, 
trickery, and/or manipulation of authority. 

¢ Hyperephania (Hubris) — The subject develops extreme 
pride. Phase | symptoms are minor feelings of pride. Phase II 
symptoms include a tendency to shame others as being 
inferior, and a sense of gratification for doing so. Phase III 
symptoms include more extreme manifestations of Phase | 
and II symptoms, as well as insolence, contempt, and a 
tendency towards violence against anyone who is perceived 
to have disparaged the subject. 

Lype (Envy) — The subject develops extreme negative 
emotions at the good fortune of others. Phase | symptoms are 
minor feelings of jealousy. Phase II symptoms include 
underhanded attempts to engage in character assassination 
of those to which the subject feels jealous. Phase III 
symptoms are characterized by extreme negative behavior, 
including strong and persistent attempts at causing misery 
towards the object of the envy, and sometimes violence. 


¢ Orge (Wrath) — The subject displays intense and unstoppable 
rage. Phase | symptoms are minor feelings of annoyance and 
irritability. At Phase II, subjects become pugnacious, though 
physical altercations are rare. Once Phase III has been 
reached, subjects will respond to the slightest trigger with 
extreme fury, which can result in attempts to kill those nearby. 
¢ Kenodoxia (Vanity) — The subject holds an excessive belief 
in his/her own abilities and/or attractiveness to others. Phase | 
symptoms include a feeling of superiority. Phase II involves 
unjustified boasting. At Phase III, subjects descend into 
extreme self-idolatry. Note: While subjects displaying 
Kenodoxia tend to not cause direct harm to themselves or 
others, they tend to cause sufficient irritation in those around 
them that it is not uncommon for others to cause them harm. 
Akedia (Sloth/Dejection) — The subject suffers from extreme 
laziness and despair. Phase | symptoms include 
procrastination and minor feelings of sadness. Phase II 
symptoms are consistent with extreme cases of general 
depressive disorder; the subject has extreme difficulty 
mustering the energy necessary to perform nonessential 
tasks. At Phase Ill, the subject becomes catatonic. 


History: Evagrius wrote the Peri Logismon as a guide for 
understanding and learning to overcome temptation. Records 
recovered from the dig site (see [REDACTED]) suggest that 
SCP-1215 was an attempt by Evagrius to create a morality tool for 
use by the mostly illiterate general population. Though SCP-1215 
has demonstrated effective for its purpose, records found alongside 
the manuscript suggest it was written earlier (approximately 373 CE) 
than the more widely known version of the Peri Logismon (written 
375 CE). 


According to the records found alongside SCP-1215, Evagrius (then 
still a lector in Neocaesarea and a disciple of Basil of Caesarea) 
created SCP-1215 and presented it to Basil. Basil (829 or 330 CE — 
January 1, 379 CE), an influential theologian later canonized as St. 
Basil the Great, apparently rejected his pupil's creation, instructing it 
to be sealed away and that all subsequent versions of the work had 
to be substantially censored. Evidence of this censorship can be 
seen clearly in Chapter 16 of the Peri Logismon, where Evagrius 


writes, "| cannot write about all the villainies of the demons; and | 
feel ashamed to speak about them at length and in detail, for fear of 
harming the more simple-minded among my readers." After Basil 
died in 379 CE and Evagrius moved to Constantinople in 380, it 
appears SCP-1215 was forgotten until it was rediscovered in 
modern times. 


SCP-1215, as well as the history surrounding it, reinforces theories 
that the early Christian church was involved in the containment of 
paranormal and preternatural items. St. Basil of Caesarea, who 
holds a very important place in the history of Christian liturgy and is 
regarded as a father of communal monasticism in Eastern 
Christianity (as well as a major influence on St. Benedict in Western 
Christianity), is credited with having written no fewer than three 
Prayers of Exorcism. Evagrius, beyond being the original author of 
what would eventually become a major tenant of Catholicism (the 
Seven Deadly Sins) and being a major influence on many later 
church figures, was accused of heresy later in life for his esoteric 
speculations regarding the pre-existence of human souls. The extent 
to which the early Christian church's possible efforts to contain items 
of paranormal and preternatural natures affected the development of 
Christian ethics, practices, beliefs, and Western culture as a whole, 
is unknown at this time. 


« SCP-1214 | SCP-1215 | SCP-1216 » 


SCP-1216: Pyrami 


Item #: SCP-1216 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: A base of operations, Site-144, 
has been established surrounding SCP-1216-1. Instances of 
SCP-1216 may be retrieved at a limit of three per day. In the event 
of explorations into SCP-1216-2, personnel are to be equipped with 
Environmental Protection Ensemble 12 (Desert). 


Instances of SCP-1216-4 are to be tracked by satellite from Site-144 
and, when located, temporary containment is to be set up. 
Temporary SCP-1216-4 containment is to consist of a concrete- 
moored gap-free wooden fence circumscribing the instance's range. 
Given the nature of the sites at which instances of SCP-1216-4 
appear, civilians are to be removed from the premises of any 
SCP-1216-4 containment site under the artifice of enforcing 
industrial safety standards. Upon dissipation of an SCP-1216-4 
instance, temporary containment is to be ended. In the event that 
there are no suitable sites left for the appearance of instances of 
SCP-1216-4, replica sites are to be constructed in secure facilities 
and continually replenished with scrap metal. 


Description: SCP-1216 is a species of pyramidal organisms native 
to an extradimensional space adjacent to Lenox, Massachusetts. 
However, they do not exhibit several characteristics of living 
organisms, among them reproduction and metabolism. The 
organisms range in scale from 5cm tall and .33kg to ca. 700cm tall 
and 7540kg, but are otherwise identical in appearance and 
proportions. 


Instances of SCP-1216 have a square pyramid body with a base 

length exactly 1.5 times its height, with a thin, flexible, bowed leg on 
each lower vertex. Their legs are cylindrical and allow them to move 
in any direction without turning their bodies. They also have a pair of 


curved, cylindrical, flexible antennae attached to the uppermost 
vertex of their body. Situated at the ends of the antennae are two 
solid soheres composed of beryllium bronze with density 8.78g/cm. 


Except for the beryllium bronze spheres, instances of SCP-1216 are 
composed of an anomalous protein, henceforth pyramitin, which 
seems to be similar in structure to chitin, except that it has a bulk 
modulus and density comparable to that of cobalt. Pyramitin partially 
blocks EM radiation and does not break down chemically, frustrating 
spectrographic, electromicroscopic, and chemical analysis. From 
macroscopic observation, it is dark gray, non-reflective, non-porous, 
and always cool to the touch. 


On the underside of the body is a conical mouth containing a 
proteinaceous turbine. By spinning this turbine, instances of 
SCP-1216 are able to generate suction. Above the turbine there is a 
dense, wrinkled mass of pyramitin which is impenetrable to both 
scans and dissection. The turbine and the mass above it appear to 
be the only internal organs — the rest of the hollow body cavity is 
filled with sand and particles of iron oxide. 


The extradimensional space to which SCP-1216 is native, 
SCP-1216-2, is an unbounded flat expanse of subtropical desert. 
The expanse is lit by a small, stationary sun located at 48° above 
the horizon and 66° east from due south, heating it to a constant 26° 
C. These measurements remain the same no matter how far or in 
what direction one travels. It is of note that powered flight is not 
possible within SCP-1216-2 — by process of elimination it appears 
to be an unknown quality of the atmosphere. At current estimates, 
there are about 5100 instances of SCP-1216 of various sizes 
inhabiting SCP-1216-2. 


SCP-1216 typically scuttle around the expanse in random patterns. 
On aconstant basis, pieces of manmade scrap metal — ranging 
from nuts and bolts to the chassis of heavy construction machinery 
— emerge from the sand and are consumed by SCP-1216 through 
turbine suction. SCP-1216 gain no mass from consumption — X-ray 
fluoroscopy scans show the metal entering the dense organ in the 
center of the body and subsequently disappearing. SCP-1216 are 
able to communicate with one another through flexing their 
antennae and tapping their beryllium bronze spheres together in 


rhythmic patterns. This produces a clicking sound that echoes for a 
far longer time than can be replicated. Larger instances of 
SCP-1216 produce deeper sounds, move more slowly, and eat 
larger pieces of scrap metal. 


SCP-1216 do not regard humans as threats and make no attempts 
to interact with them. SCP-1216 that were deliberately assaulted by 
D-class test subjects had no significant reaction and took no action 
against the D-class. When scrap metal was taken from SCP-1216 
as they were about to consume it, they lost interest and found other 
pieces. Several instances of SCP-1216 have been successfully 
captured, transported into Site-144, and dissected with no 
resistance offered by the individual or the group. "Dead" instances of 
SCP-1216 — the term is ambiguous given their lack of life signs, 
although they do stop moving when dissected — are replaced after 
some time by SCP-1216-3. 


The main feature of SCP-1216-2 is SCP-1216-3, a 400m tall 
pyramid composed of the same protein as the instances of 
SCP-1216 and with the same proportions. Aperiodically SCP-1216-3 
will slowly excrete instances of SCP-1216 from its surface — these 
will stay the same size at which they were created. SCP-1216-3 is 
wholly impenetrable to all scans. It remains cool despite being in 
perpetual sunlight. 


SCP-1216-2 is accessible through an irregularly shaped portal, 
SCP-1216-1, about 1.3m wide and 2.5m tall in a broken section of 
concrete wall in the first floor of a parking structure in Lenox, 
Massachusetts. Its existence was first noted shortly after Lenox was 
affected by the 2011 Virginia earthquake. Subsequently, several 
stray instances of SCP-1216 exited it and were captured on security 
camera, thus alerting the Foundation to their, SCP-1216-1's, and 
ultimately SCP-1216-2's existence. From inside, SCP-1216-1 floats 
3cm above the ground and is effectively flat. It has depth — its inner 
edge is made of the concrete wall — but it is only visible when 
facing its opening, and cannot be seen from the back, even though 
the non-visible side feels like a solid barrier. Likewise, on the other 
side of the concrete wall, the hole simply allows one-way sight but 
not passage through it — it feels solid. Passing through the portal 
offers no adverse effects to human life. 


At intervals of 2 to 5 days, a secondary portal to SCP-1216-2 will be 
established at any location on Earth which contains large amounts 
of discarded scrap metal — e.g. junkyards, shipwrecks or garbage 
dumps. This secondary portal, known as an instance of 
SCP-1216-4, manifests as a whirlpool of desert sand at the lowest 
point of the area. SCP-1216-4 may be between 3m and 12m in 
diameter. All solid unsecured matter within a range of twice the 
diameter is then sucked into SCP-1216-4, ultimately reemerging in 
the extradimensional space. The reason why only scrap metal 
emerges from the ground in SCP-1216-2 is as of yet unknown; non- 
metallic matter, including organic matter, does not appear in the 
expanse and is presumed lost. When all available matter has been 
sucked into SCP-1216-4, it consumes itself and shrinks in size until 
it has vanished, leaving no trace. Instances of SCP-1216-4 started 
appearing only after SCP-1216-1 opened. 


« SCP-1215 | SCP-1216 | SCP-1217 » 


SCP-1217: An Office Complex 


Item #: SCP-1217 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: A barbed-wire fence with a 
single gate to allow authorised access is to be maintained in an area 
surrounding SCP-1217’s active zone, around which several 
chemical hazard signs are to be placed in clear view. Multiple CCTV 
cameras are to be set up in a perimeter around SCP-1217’s active 
zone, monitored by a nearby Observation Post (OP 1217-Alpha). A 
minimum of two guards are to be present at this station at all times. 
Any unauthorised individuals attempting to enter SCP-1217 are to 
be detained, interviewed and — if they present no clear threat — 
released after being provided with a Class-C amnestic. 


Several enclosed rooms near the entrance of SCP-1217-1 have 
been modified and equipped with observational apparatus to serve 
as testing chambers — any experimentation involving SCP-1217-2 is 
to take place only in these designated areas (please refer to 
Document 1217-A). Subjects should be placed into these chambers, 
released, and monitored. After the experiment is complete, the 
refuse is to be removed and disposed of via incineration. 


Description: SCP-1217 consists of two parts: 


* SCP-1217-1, formerly an office complex owned by the 
Corporation, located in [REDACTED], Massachusetts, US. 
The 250 m x 300 m area surrounding SCP-1217-1 is 
considered SCP-1217’s active zone. 


¢ SCP-1217-2, any member of the species Felis catus which 
enters SCP-1217’s active zone. 


Upon entering the aforementioned area, a specimen of SCP-1217-2 
will display no significant behavioural deviations from its previous 


activity, apart from attempting to remain within the active zone of 
SCP-1217 and responding aggressively to any attempts to remove it 
from said area. Removal is still possible; however, successfully 
removing a subject from the area will not prevent the anomalous 
event associated with SCP-1217 from occurring.