This was an unusually fast attack for specimens of 1563. 
This is a long shot, but the feeling | get is that they were 
preventing further harm from coming to D-4213. Worth 
noting is that D-4213 was selected from a group of 
convicted criminals having committed a victimless crime 
as determined by the ethics committee. In the future, | 
would recommend testing how SCP-1563 reacts in the 
same situation but with a D-class selected from a pool of 
criminals who have done worse. From my past research 
with other skips, | would suspect that specimens of 
SCP-1563 have some kind of moral complex. Whether 
they know about the specifics of a wrongdoing 
committed, they may be able to ‘sense’ the moral 
character of a sentient organism. - Researcher Hubei 


+ Access fileserv:/S:/1563/test/testlog7_1.log 
Test Log 1563-7.1: 


Test Purpose: Here we will try to further 
determine whether SCP-1563 displays a 
protective attitude towards humans, as 
suggested by Researcher Hubei. 


Involved Personnel: D-02231 


Involved Organisms: Multiple specimens of 
SCP-1563, one Bengal Tiger 


D-02231 entered the testing environment, as 
well as six SCP-1563 specimens. Five minutes 
later, a Bengal Tiger was introduced to the 
testing environment. Prior to testing, the tiger 
was not given any nourishment for two days, 
and then was agitated immediately preceding 
this test using various methods. Once the tiger 
was introduced to the testing environment, it 
immediately assumed a stalking posture. At 
this time, the SCP-1563 specimens were 
attached to the trees in their vivarium. The 


SCP-1563 specimens then began to detach 
themselves from the trees. The tiger pounced 
onto D-02231, causing a massive laceration in 
his left arm. The SCP-1563 specimens then 
dove off of the trees and began to attack and 
feed on the tiger. The tiger then died 
approximately four minutes later due to 
hypovolemia, similar to the bear in the 
previous test. 


We know that the Bengal tiger is not native to the area in 
which we initially found SCP-1563, and to date we have 
not found any SCP-1563 specimen in southern Asia. 
This is further evidence that SCP-1563 may be 
protective over humans, as the Bengal tiger should not 
hypothetically be in the diet of SCP-1563. D-02231 was 
selected from a similar pool of convicted criminals as 
D-4213. | still recommend testing this with other D-class 
of lower moral standing. - Researcher Hubei 


+ Access fileserv:/S:/1563/addenda/addend__1.txt 
Addendum-1563-1: 


During a lab test to further study SCP-1563's 
anatomy, Researcher noticed microscopic 
text on the dorsal side of an SCP-1563 
specimen's body which displayed the words 
"pink : protect". Testing is underway to view 
both the dorsal and ventral sides of each 
SCP-1563 specimen currently contained. This 
text implies that there are SCP-1563 
specimens that exhibit a different color. A 
retrieval mission is underway to obtain new 
colors of SCP-1563. 


This seems to confirm my suspicions. But the inclusion 
of "pink" on this label implies that there are other colors 
of SCP-1563, perhaps with other properties. To date we 
have only discovered pink specimens. | am immediately 
requesting further examination of SCP-1563's initial 


recovery site and then we will determine where to go 
from there. - Researcher Hubei 


+ Access fileserv:/S:/1563/addenda/addend_2.txt 
Addendum-1563-2 


A group of seven SCP-1563 specimens with 
orange coloration were recovered near Area- . 
Upon immediate examination, each displayed 
text on the ventral side of the body stating 
"orange : restrict." All soecimen were actively 
hostile toward personnel not assigned to Area- 

. This resulted in severe injuries to 
Researcher _. It is currently unknown why 
these specimens were discovered in such 
close proximity to a high priority Foundation 
base. 


It's been months since we've had any new developments 


with this SCP, but here it is. | conjecture that this also 
confirms my previous suspicions that 1563 can 


anomalously 'sense' things it should not otherwise have 
any way of knowing. For instance, how would the orange 
specimens have known what personnel are assigned to 
Area- and what personnel aren't? They don't even have 


a nervous system in which to store such information. - 
Researcher Hubei 


In the months following the discovery of 
orange colored SCP-1563 specimens, a group 
of four blue specimens were recovered near 

, California, an area known to be 
particularly dry. Text was discovered on the 
dorsal side displaying "blue : drench". During 
examination, no extraordinary features were 
discovered aside from the color and text. Four 
days after examination of the specimen, a 
small non-destructive fire occurred on-site. 
Approximately 5.4 seconds later, the area 
containing the fire was instantly extinguished, 


and a large amount of water was subsequently 
found around the area of the fire. No personnel 
were in this part of the site at the time to 
extinguish the fire. It is now assumed that 
specimens of blue coloration serve the 
purpose of preventing fires or to assist in 
situations with a high lack of moisture. Further 
testing is planned. 


It should be noted that both of these specimens have the 
same anatomy of the pink specimen, aside from the 
color and the effects accompanied by them. 


+ Access fileserv:/S:/1563/exp/recovery2.log 


Following multiple caving-related deaths in a cave near 

; , and subsequent reports of ‘plastic black 
ribbons' closely associated with the deaths, Researcher 
Hubei suspected that this was involved with a new 
instance of SCP-1563. The following is the video log 
transcript of the subsequent investigation. 


Recovery Log 1563-2 

Date: / / 

Team: Foundation Recovery Team Phi-5 
Subject: SCP-1563 

Team Members: P5-1, P5-2 

Team Lead: P5-9 


[BEGIN LOG] 
P5-9: Comms activated. Team, confirm. 
P5-1: Confirm. 


P5-2: Confirm. 


P5-9: Communication confirmed. Right ladies 
and gentlemen, this one's a safe but we may 
be stepping into unknown ground here. Stay 


frosty. 


SiteCommand: Phi-5 9, you are clear to 
deploy. 


P5-9: Heard loud and clear. Let's go. 


The team enters the cave with P5-9 taking the 
lead. P5-2's video feed shows a large amount 

of a yellowish-brown substance around the top 
of the entrance of the cave. 


P5-2: Look up. We know these things are 
expelling waste. That's gotta be what that is. 


P5-9: You're right. Keep an eye on the roof of 
the cave but don't get too distracted. Skips can 
be clever bastards. 


The team continues further into the cave, 
which has maintained a mostly horizontal 
orientation until now - they have reached a 
steep vertical drop. 


P5-1: That's a deep drop. We going in there? 


P5-9: We'll have to. It would be poor taste to 
leave empty handed. We've seen evidence of 
1563 but no actual specimen yet. We have to 
at least leave knowing that something's in 
here, or not, then they can bring in a larger 
team for recovery. Two, | want you to stay up 
here to secure myself and One's descent. 
We'll need help getting back up, too. You 
should be fine - we haven't found anything in 
the cave up to this point, so if anything's in 
here, it's down there. Understood, team? 


P5-1: Understood. 


P5-2: Understood. 


P5-9: Alright, One. Let's do it. 


P5-9 and P5-1 begin securing rappel 
equipment into the cave floor. Once the safety 
of this is checked, they begin. 


P5-1: Been a while since I've done this. 


P5-9: You'll be fine. Just remember your 
training. 


Approximately 5 minutes after descent began, 
P5-1 and P5-9's video feeds were 
disconnected from SiteCommanad's 
communications, but their audio remained 
connected to P5-2's local feed. The video feed 
shown here was recovered later. 


P5-1: Jesus, how deep is this? It's a cave. 
Shouldn't go this far. 


P5-9: Relax, we're almost there. 


//Two more minutes pass, and the floor of the 
drop is visible on both P5-9 and P5-1's video 
feed. 


P5-9: Steady, One - we're about to hit the 
bottom. Two, please make sure the ropes are 
secure for our ascent later. Let me know if our 
feed begins to drop. 


P5-2: Will do. Be careful down there. 


Almost immediately following this, P5-2's video 
feed cut out and SiteCommand lost contact 
with -1 and -9 as a result. 


P5-1: Whoa. You hear that? 


P5-9: Yeah. Two, do you copy? 


A loud thud can be heard from behind P5-1, 
who turned around to see P5-2 laying on the 
ground, presumably expired. Two black 
SCP-1563 specimens are visible around -2's 
neck, but this is apparently unnoticed by P5-1 
and P5-9. Following this, -1's feed showed a 
long coil of rope fall down beside -2's body. 


P5-1: Oh shit! How? What happened? 


P5-9: Fuck. That leaves one rope for ascent. 
This is why they tell you not to get attached, 
One. SiteComm will send someone back in 
here eventually, but for now, we press on. 
We're not done in here yet. Keep steady and 
follow me. 


As they continue, an increasing amount of the 
yellow-brown substance is seen along the 
walls, but still no sign of SCP-1563. 


P5-9: We're getting close. Stay close to me, 
One. Let me know if you see anything. 


They come upon an opening in the cave, 
inside of which there is clearly a large amount 
of SCP-1563 of many different colorations, 
including colors that have been previously 
undiscovered. 


P5-1: Oh shit. It's like they're just collectively 
writhing around - Jesus. I've never seen 
anything like it. 


P5-9: One, | want you to help me examine 
these things. There's text on their undersides. 
Just try to a close shot of both sides of every 
color specimen. The boys at the lab can look 
at this footage while they send a proper 
recovery team to get these things out. 


They both do this for specimens of the 
following colors: green, red, black, blue, pink, 
yellow, and purple. Note that the video feed 
shows a much higher concentration of black 
specimens than any other color. During this 
examination, P5-1 picks up what appears to be 
a notebook. He opens it to the first page and 
briefly examines it before putting the journal 
back and continuing the task at hand. P5-1 
does not notify P5-9 of this. 


P5-9: Alright, that should be good. From what | 
can tell, that covers all the colors. Let's go. 


On the trip back to the vertical drop, multiple 
orange specimens are seen around the cave. 
They begin to move towards P5-1 and P5-9. 


P5-9: Shit. Run. 


They easily outrun the specimens of 
SCP-1563 and quickly thereafter reach the 
ascension rope. P5-1 turns around to see a 
few orange specimens still pursuing them. 


P5-9: This thing's only gonna support one of 
us. Sorry, kid. 


P5-1: No - 


P5-9: That's an order from your team lead. 
You're to stay here to secure my ascent, then 
you can follow me once | give you the okay. 


P5-1 doesn't respond. P5-9 mounts the rope 
and begins his ascent while P5-1 watches, 
frequently glancing at the approaching orange 
SCP-1563 specimens. Seconds pass and 
P5-1 looks at P5-2's body to see the black 
specimens of SCP-1563 detaching from P5-2's 
neck. P5-1 backs away from his body, but 


stops when he sees that the black specimens 
have begun to rapidly ascend the rope. At this 
time, the orange specimens of SCP-1563 stop 
moving towards P5-1 and begin to move back 
into deeper part of the cave from which they 
came. 


P5-1: Oh - 
P5-9: Something you wanna say, One? 
P5-1: No. 


A minute passes, and P5-1 observes P5-9 
climbing down the rope. There is a black 
SCP-1563 specimen around his neck. 


P5-9: Go on. You earned it. 
P5-9 motions towards the rope. 
P5-1: What - 


P5-9: That's an order. From your team lead. 
Leave. 


P5-9's speech seems strained at this point. 
P5-1 obliges and begins to ascend. P5-1's 
video feed shows him glancing back down 
upon P5-9 occasionally, only to see him sitting 
next to P5-2's body. The last clear view of the 
floor of the drop that P5-1's video feed 
obtained showed multiple red specimens 
approaching P5-9. P5-1 finished his ascent 15 
minutes later and regained contact with 
SiteComm shortly thereafter. The video 
footage in this log was recovered from P5-1's 
feed storage upon his return to Site- . 


The following is the only text visible in the journal opened 
by P5-1 in the recovery log. 


The world's got no moral character. These'll fix 
that. 


Considering these events, | am requesting that the object 
class of SCP-1563 be upgraded to Euclid. We don't 
know if this is the only source of these things. - 
Researcher Hubei 


Approved. Object class is now Euclid. | am currently 
personally reviewing the containment procedures. - Site- 
Administrator Harding 


+ Access fileserv:/S:/1563/addenda/addend_3.html 


Upon further examination of the specimens later 
recovered fromthe cave near _, , each specimen 
of SCP-1563 had different microscopic text written on the 
dorsal side. These are the findings: 


Specimen Coior Associated Text 
Pink pink : protect 
Red red : purge 
Biack black = control 
Orange Orange : restrict 
Biue biue : drench 
Purpie purple : ignite 
Green green : heal 


« SCP-1562 | SCP-1563 | SCP-1564 » 


SCP-1564: Post-Nibbanic 


Item #: SCP-1564 


Object Class: Euclid-numen 


Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-1564 are 
stored at Site 23 in 2.5m x 5m x 5m cells lined with no less than 
2mm of low brass, with the exception of SCP-1564-2, which is 
stored at Medical Site 04 in an identical cell. Additional stipulations 
exist for each instance as follows: 


SCP-1564-1 may only be interacted with by personnel with 
experience in a military or paramilitary organization including 
at least one year of combat experience. 


SCP-1564-2 is stored adjacent to Ward 06 at Medical Site 04. 
Ward 06 contains all non-anomalous comatose patients in 
Foundation custody in Laos. Should fewer than six comatose 
persons be present at Medical Site 04, additional subjects 
may be transferred as necessary from Medical Site 07. 


Personnel performing research on SCP-1564-3 are paid on 
the basis of original, useful research they produce in relation 
to each other, as determined by Assistant Site Director 
Galluzzo, rather than by standard Foundation pay grade. 
Efforts must be made to ensure a competitive environment 
among researchers. ! 


All research and experimentation on SCP-1564-4 is to be 
performed by individuals who are unaware of the identities of 
each other. Personnel assigned to SCP-1564-4 are prohibited 
from revealing this involvement, identification numbers, or real 
names to any personnel other than Dr. Sanmugasunderam 
and Assistant Site Director Galluzzo. Dr. Sanmugasunderam 
and Assistant Site Director Galluzzo may not have in-person 
contact with personnel assigned to SCP-1564-4 or with each 


other. 


¢ All personnel assigned to contact with SCP-1564-5 are 
required to memorize the layout of Site 23. Personnel wishing 
to access SCP-1564-5 must be able to recite this layout 
verbally upon request. Should any errors be noted in this 
recitation, access is to be denied. 


¢ No less than three mid-ranking members of the Church of the 
Broken God (tertiary nibbanic or higher) are to remain in 
meditation around SCP-1564-6. Each is to be provided with 
access to a database of known CotBG religious texts and 
given whatever sustenance is requested, provided that it does 
not exceed Site 23's budget or pose a risk of containment 
breach. Said members must undergo Procedure Sigma-Two 
once per month to ensure compliance with containment 
procedures without interfering with their faith. 


Any unauthorized personnel or non-personnel who have viewed an 
instance of SCP-1564 or an image of an instance of SCP-1564 must 
be administered a Class-C Amnestic. Should any reliable means of 
blocking or negating telepathic communications be developed, 
testing with SCP-1564 is recommended.