00:13 - Pans to shot of smaller, younger group of male 
individuals sitting of to the side, laughing and carelessly 
handling their weapons. 

00:17 - Pans back to the larger group. Most of the group 
is now laughing at a few of the men, who in turn appear 
to be embarrassed. 

00:20 - Picture freezes and fades to grayscale. A voice 
begins speaking. 

00:25 - Video shows the men that were previously 
laughed at speaking angrily to the younger group. The 
younger group are all frantically moving around and 
putting belonging in sacks. 

00:32 - All of the younger group are shown on a boat 
arriving on an island. The island is inhabited entirely by 
young males, who greet the arrivals by handing them 
glasses full of what appears to be the liquid from 
SCP-1705-B-054 and drink heavily before being 
escorted to a location identified as SCP-1705-B-121. 
00:48 - Scene is now at night. All boys are shouting, 
throwing instances of SCP-1705-B-099, and watching 
them explode in the night. The video shifts focus from 
the boys to the explosions. 

00:57 - Fade to scene of the men that were previously 
speaking angrily. All men are smiling and greeting 
women. Camera fades to black after focusing ona 
specific laughing couple. A ten character long series of 
Roman numerals flashes on the screen for ten seconds 
following. 


00:00 - Scene appears to be a training ground. A man 
and boy are shown. The boy waves towards the viewer 
and the man strikes the boy on the back of the head and 
points off-screen. 

00:03 - Video pans to where the man pointed. There 
appears to be a featureless humanoid attached to the 
ground by a long stake. The man hands the boy a spear 
and speaks to him, pointing at the humanoid with the 
spear. 

00:08 - Boy attempts to throw the spear at the figure; the 
spear fails to reach it. Laughter is heard. 

00:10 - Man strikes the boy again, takes the weapon out 
of his hand, and begins shouting at him. The boy starts 
crying. 

00:13 - Man waves a flyer in the face of the boy. The 
view zooms in and reveal it is identical ones found in 
SCP-1705-B-143. 

00:17 - Boy continues crying as man escorts him 
towards a vehicle and they get in. 

00:24 to 23:45 - Driving. The environment appears 
typical of that found in the area of the Mediterranean Sea 
during the first century. Neither party speaks during the 
trip. 

23:46 - Man and boy gets out of the car. Video follows 
the boy as he walks to a boat. Camera pans back over to 
the man. Man smiles, nods, and gets back into the 
vehicle. Video ends. 


Footnotes 

1. See Test Log-1705-Upsilon for an abridged list of SCP-1705-B 
instances. 

2. 35 instances of SCP-1705-A were lost during testing of 
SCP-1705-B-071. Testing must not continue in the presence of 
tablets to ensure the greatest possible retainment of SCP-1705-A 
instances. 

3. Notable examples of this include the use of keratin for walls and 
lipids for fuels. 

4. Notable examples of these displays include excessive drinking 
from SCP-1705-B-054, sitting in a roughly circular formation and 
passing SCP-1705-B-099 around, and wrestling. 


« SCP-1704 | SCP-1705 | SCP-1706 » 


SCP-1706: Eater of Dreams 


Item #: SCP-1706 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1706 is to be kept at 
Site-441 in a storage chamber unless being tested. Site-441 has 
been specifically constructed to house SCP-1706. On-site staff are 
to number no fewer than 6 at any time. As on-site personnel have 
not requested transference and/or leave, there is currently no need 
to maintain personnel on standby. Class-D personnel are not to be 
present on-site due to safety concerns. 


Personnel remaining on-site are subject to weekly examinations to 
ensure consistency in respective fields of study. Any personnel 
suffering significant discrepancies are to be administered amnestics 
as necessary and re-assigned for a period of 6 - 22 months. 
Additionally, the Site-441 cafeteria is to be stocked with nutritional 
vitamins and supplements and pre-cooked meals to maintain health 
and regular eating habits for all personnel. 


Description: SCP-1706 is a DVD of an unaired pilot episode of a 
science-fiction show entitled "Eater of Dreams", filmed at an 
unknown date between 1987 and 1991 and transferred onto DVD 
from another medium!. 


The episode follows a group of seven people living in a single 
apartment complex in New York City in the midst of an unspecified 
city-wide crisis. The individuals interact with a variety of civilian and 
government officials and military personnel asking questions 
regarding a group of individuals called "Eaters", who are described 
as being "vampiric" and "cannibalistic", leaving others around them 
apparently confused, "listless and lethargic". It is not specified how 
this is achieved. 


A major plot point appears to be how the "Eaters" are able to gain 


access to restricted areas and individuals. Over the course of the 
episode, several people unrelated to the seven protagonists appear 
on screen, sometimes in various stages of undress, interacting with 
others in the background, while never being acknowledged by the 
individuals they interact with. 


The episode concludes with one of the original seven individuals 
addressing the camera, delivering a rambling, incoherent 
monologue directly addressing the viewers. Contents of monologue 
are logged below. 


SCP-1706 itself causes a series of mental effects on all sapient 
beings within a minimum 2 _m radius, often manifesting in the form 
of physical alterations to individuals’ brain chemistry. In an absence 
of individuals within its vicinity, SCP-1706's area of effect expands. 
While the effects have varied from person to person, distinct 
patterns have emerged in much of the affected individuals. The 
effects begin to subside following a period of 4 days of non- 
exposure to SCP-1706. 


¢ A 62% of those exposed experience alterations in memory 
and knowledge of their surroundings, including 
misunderstanding of previously well-understood slang, 
incorrect recollection of recent historical events, and selective 
loss of memory, experiences, and learned skills. In rare cases, 
these can be partly or completely replaced by previously 
unknown skills and experiences, along with corresponding 
memory of the individual having learned, studied, or acquired 
said skills and/or experiences. 

* B 11% of those exposed experience sudden mood disorders, 

often characterized by inappropriate emotionss. 

C 9% of those exposed exhibit symptoms of catatonic 

schizophrenia, marked largely by a sharp decline in physical 

activity during off-hours. 

D 8% of those exposed report no unusual effects. Despite 

this, D affected individuals have been reported by others as 

having been substantially changed or altered by SCP-1706. 

Similar reports of unease and "wrongness" with D individuals 

have been reported by off-site personnel. This effect subsides 

following non-exposure. 


Transcript of monologue delivered by character "Rick" 
(Note: As the character "Rick" speaks, the camera briefly 
pans over to a group of between 30 and 40 people 
standing motionless along a sidewalk. The "Eaters" are 
seen avoiding the camera as it pans across them.) 


"| think... funny, how you ‘think’... | think it's pretty 
obvious who the real dreamers are here. It's pleasure, 
indeed. Yeah? When you can do it, when you want to do 
something. You do it. You could do things... but wil/ you 
do them? What's the motivation? 


"Do you want it? Do you need it? Animals need. If 
animals had free food, no goals, not a care in the world, 
they'd probably stand around all day twitching. You don't 
get a party for doing ‘just enough’. Needs nothing... 
wants nothing... 


"| don't like that. ‘Achievements are like drugs’, what kind 
of example is that? What you want and what you desire 
can't always be the same thing. That doesn't stop them, 
though. Dreams are like drugs. Dreams are tasty, too. I'd 
have my fill if | could, too. They're delicate, dreams, of 
course. I'm not hungry either, fella. Not yet. It's gotta go 
somewhere until then. 


"Didn't you ever wanna be a rock star? A fire-naut? A 
police officer? Hope they live next door to you. Maybe 
they'll let you be one for a day. 


"It smells, it looks and tastes and feels and isn't. Why 
does it hurt if it's supposed to be good for you? There is 
no God but God and God is a God of rigidity, structure, 
routine, religion, pharmaceuticals, poultry, mist, and 
might. Necessity... there's a God you can eat. 


"| think it's pretty obvious who the real dreamers are 
here. How do you eat God? Does it taste good? Does it 
smell? Does it feel squishy? Is it or isn't it? Dreams... it's 
not the same without them, but we can get through this 
together, me and all of you. Tune in for next week." 


Incident-30-A: On 11/14/2014, Site-441 failed to respond to routine 
security check with Site- . At 03:26, Site- security remotely 
accessed Site-441's surveillance system. Video showed on-site 
personnel largely immobile or otherwise unresponsive to their 
surroundings, in some cases engaging in repetitive actions (such as 
arranging papers, stocking and re-stocking offices, and gesticulating 
in the cafeteria and restrooms). Additionally, unknown figures were 
observed entering Site-441, breaching containment. The individuals 
numbered between 4 and 7, both male and female, and appear to 
follow set paths through the building, culminating in SCP-1706's 
containment area before exiting. 


Follow-up interviews indicate personnel were unaware of such 
occurrences. Security reported no unusual activity during the 
incident, although they could not account for the failure to respond to 
the routine check, nor the presence of non-essential personnel 
awake during off-hours. 


Review of prior security footage indicate this event has repeated 
itself on a nightly basis, despite routine security checks. On-site 
security have addressed the issue, and following review and 
updated security check-ins from Site- , no further containment 
breaches have occurred as of / /20 . Information regarding the 
actions taken is restricted to personnel assigned to SCP-1 706. 
Personnel have not requested medical attention and/or time off due 
to sleep deprivation. 


Addendum: Remote-access of Site-441 surveillance systems 
confirm the absence of unauthorized individuals, but have seen no 
change in the behavior of on-site personnel. Personnel have been 
interviewed on the continuing recurrence and can fully account for 
the events, indicating no loss of consciousness or awareness during 
these events. Medical evaluations have shown no signs of insomnia, 
sleep apnea, and negligible levels of fatigue, stress, and anxiety. 


Contacting Site-441 personnel during these occurrences is 
successful in ending them, but has not been successful in 
preventing future occurrences. 


Footnotes 
1. Certain actors appearing in the production have been contacted 


by Foundation personnel and confirm the veracity of the footage 
shown to them. However, due to the low budget of the production 
and disorganized filming schedule, few could account for details 
regarding the show's plot, nor the identity of much of the 
crewmembers present during filming. 

2. These effects appear to have been triggered upon initial playback 
of SCP-1706, between 04/15 and 06/30/20 , prior to containment 

3. For example, an individual may experience revulsion at the idea 
of caring for a physically ill loved one, or find humor in descriptions 
of graphic sexual violence 


« SCP-1705 | SCP-1706 | SCP-1707 » 


SCP-1707: New Skin 


Item #: SCP-1707 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Each SCP-1707 colony is to be 
kept in a monitored containment cell under Biosafety Level 3 
conditions. A minimum of two (2) mature and stable colonies, hosted 
by domesticated pigs (Sus domesticus), are to be retained at all 
times. At least one (1) additional colony is to be maintained for the 
purpose of experimentation. Humans are not to be used to host 
SCP-1707 colonies without the approval of both the Senior 
Researcher and the Site Director. 


In the event of a containment breach by an unhosted colony, all 
personnel save the duty biothreat recontainment team are to 
evacuate the area. A suitable host organism is to be used by the 
duty team to lure the colony back into containment. If a hosted 
colony breaches containment, standard protocols for the host 
species shall be in effect. 


Under no circumstances are any SCP-1707 colonies to be 
terminated without explicit written approval from the Senior 
Researcher. 


Description: SCP-1707 is a type of collective organism composed 
of a mass of creatures, individually designated SCP-1707-A, that 
resemble various different annelids and helminths. In particular, all 
SCP-1707-A specimens are between 5 and 30 mm in length and 
possess distinctive mouthparts (see attached image). 


In isolation, SCP-1707 forms a flattened mass up to approximately 
4-5 cm thick. A colony in this state will conserve movement until it 

detects a suitable host, at which time it will begin to move at up to 

0.5 m/s towards its target.! SCP-1707 colonies consistently prefer 
sapient targets. Studies to understand these mechanisms are 


ongoing. 


The first few SCP-1707-A to contact the host's epidermis will 
administer a fast-acting paralytic agent via their mouthparts.2 Each 
SCP-1707-A creature will then seek out epidermal tissue to burrow 
through and consume before anchoring themselves in the host's 
dermal layer. The rest of the colony will follow suit, consuming 
approx 20 cm? of skin per second until the target's entire epidermal 
layer has been replaced by a dense covering of SCP-1707. This 
process may only be interrupted by destruction of unattached 
portions of the colony. 


When established on a host, SCP-1707 demonstrates no 
anomalous secondary effects. For the host, secondary physical 
effects of increased nutrition requirement and a higher chance of 
transdermal infection manifest as expected. These factors tend to 
lead to the host's lifespan being comparatively short. Under 
controlled conditions, however, hosted SCP-1707 colonies can be 
kept alive and healthy for an extended period. 


Upon the death of a host, SCP-1707 enters its reproductive phase, 
rapidly consuming soft tissues of the corpse. During this stage, 
individual SCP-1707-A specimens will reproduce in a manner similar 
to that of known species they resemble, albeit at a greatly 
accelerated rate. The whole process leads to the colony roughly 
tripling in size. As such, the new iteration is capable of attaching 
itself to larger host organisms. 


At the time of writing, several infestations are maintained: 


SCP-1707-0 and SCP-1707-1: Two (2) domestic pigs 
SCP-1707-2: One (1) white-tail deer 

SCP-1707-3: One (1) Cape buffalo 

SCP-1707-4: One (1) Norwegian rat 

SCP-1707-5: One (1) human, formerly Agent , infested by 
SCP-1707 during initial discovery and containment 
SCP-1707-6-xxiv: One (1) human, D-class, infested subsequent to 
containment 


There is no known way to cure or mitigate an SCP-1707 infestation. 
Any attempts at forced removal result in the death of the host within 


five (5) hours regardless of medical treatment. The reasons for this 
are a subject of ongoing study.3 


Note: Due to the psychological effect of SCP-1707 infestation ona 
human host, any such hosts are to be continuously monitored to 
reduce the chance of unauthorized termination. 


Ethics Committee. Level 3 and above only. 


Selected Excerpts: SCP-1707-5 post-containment 
interviews 


1. 
Time since infestation: One (1) day 
Interviewer: Researcher P. Dimaccio4 


Dimaccio: Hey, _ . It's Paul. Can you hear 
me? This thing workin'? 
[pause] 


Dimaccio: ?