3. All integers within the set share a common divisor. 


The new date or time is generated by dividing all integers 
in the original date by their common factor. Therefore 
7/28/1981 becomes 1/4/283 (division by 7); 12:36 AM 
becomes 1:03 AM (division by 12). Times and dates 
without common divisors (Examples: 8/9/09; 4:17 PM; 
1/1) are unaffected. Objects lacking susceptible dates or 
times can neither be affected nor propagate the effect. 


Objects in/on which only a single number is present 
(example: "03" representing the month of March, ora 
single time stamp of 0900) are unaltered. 


Zeroes count only in the presence of multiple non-zero 
integers: therefore, 10:00 AM is unchanged, but 10:00:05 
AM would be. 


"AM" and "PM" designations are ignored; times are 
always changed to AM. (Thus, both 10:15 AM and 10:15 
PM would become 2:03 AM.) Time zone designations 
are likewise ignored. 


Times written in military or 24-hour notation ("1734 
hours") are treated as a single four-digit integer, not as 
two two-digit ones, unless the hours and minutes are 
separated by punctuation or are stored as separate 
integers. (E.g. "16:02") 


Ordinal dates are susceptible. Consequently, some 
dates not susceptible to the effects of SCP-1866 when 
written in more common formats (such as 7/13/10) are 
vulnerable if recorded in ordinal date format. (7/13/10, 
written as such, would be unaffected; the same date in 
ordinal format, 2010-195, would be affected.) Epoch 
dates are not susceptible until translated to sets of 
integers. 


Due to these properties, the SCP-1866 effect will spread 
particularly rapidly during some years, months, and 
hours, and less rapidly during others. Additional 
resources should be allocated to monitoring for 
SCP-1866-like outbreaks at the end of the following 
months, for the specified durations: 


January 2012 (for the period 2/12, 3/12, 4/12) 
May 2012 (6/12) 

July 2012 (8/12, 9/12, 10/12) 

November 2012 (12/12) 

May 2014 (6/14, 7/14, 8/14) 

January 2016 (2/16, 3/2016, 4/16) 

May 2016 (6/16, 7/2016, 8/16, 9/2016, 10/16) 


Footnotes 

1. For purposes of propagating the effect, any sheet of paper with 
one or more altered dates on it counts as an object, even if sheets 
are stapled, paper-clipped, or bound together, and the radius of 
influence of any affected object extends up to 40 cm from all points 
on its surface, not from its center of mass. Computers and other 
electronic devices typically contain multiple vulnerable components 
which can be separated, and consequently tend to remain affected 
and contagious until completely destroyed or disassembled. 

2. (city-wide service was lost on 22 July and was never restored; 
hospital generators functioned until they ran out of fuel on 25 July) 
3. Post-analysis concluded that the most significant initial vectors for 
the effect (not counting the original carrier) were grocery and 
convenience stores. Many of the products sold bear expiration dates 
in susceptible formats, stores typically contain or are located near 
ATMs, large numbers of people use the same credit-card readers 
(easily altered via susceptible card expiration dates), people stand in 
close proximity to one another in checkout lines, and large numbers 
of date-and-time-stamped receipts are generated throughout the 
day. 

4. Specifically:1 person being held in the county jail attempted to 
leave the facility when the electronic locks failed and was 
subsequently tazed by officers; he died in the hospital a short time 
later of an undiagnosed heart condition.Electrical service disruption 
led to 2 heat-related deaths in one of the city's nursing homes and 3 


heat-related deaths elsewhere in the town. Nursing home residents 
were relocated to the hospital.Traffic light errors resulted in three 
serious traffic accidents on the night of 21 July. There were 2 
fatalities. The hospital reported 1 death due to errors in life-support 
equipment, and 11 fatalities caused by medication overdose 
(records indicated that medications had been delivered earlier than 
was the case, resulting in doses being administered too close 
together), on 21 and 22 July.2 persons died in a fire at the public 
library in the late afternoon on July 21, and 2 more died on 25 July, 
of fire-related injuries; the fire's cause is unknown. A contributing 
factor is that several electronic security systems reported false 
alarms when first exposed to the SCP-1866 effect, greatly 
increasing response times for city police and fire departments 
between 4:15 PM and 7 PM on 21 July. 

5. Foundation personnel have revised the cartographic records of 
commonly-consulted internet sources to indicate that Oxford was 
formerly located in Henry County, IL, approximately 100 km 
southwest of its actual location. Internet traffic has been monitored 
continuously since the containment of SCP-1866 for references to 
Oxford, in hopes of locating individuals who might be investigating 
the town or its disappearance; only 12 such individuals have been 
detected as of 9 August 2011. All were treated with class B 
amnestics and released. 


« SCP-1865 | SCP-1866 | SCP-1867 » 


SCP-1867: A Gentleman 


Item #: SCP-1867 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1867 is to be kept ina 
40x70x30 cm aquatic specimen tank. No additional security 
measures are necessary. SCP-1867’s environment and the care 
thereof are identical to that of non-anomalous members of the 
species. 


Recovered items relating to SCP-1867 are to be placed in Secure 
Storage Vault 16. Access to these items and to SCP-1867 itself is 
with permission of an appropriate Level 2 staff member. 


/ /2012 - SCP-1867 has requested access to a selection of novels 
and nature journals. Request was denied. 


Description: SCP-1867 is a nudibranch of the species Nembrotha 
kubaryana (variable neon slug), measuring 11.7 cm (4.6 inches) in 
length. There are no physical differences between SCP-1867 and 
any other member of its species. 


SCP-1867 is sapient, and capable of telepathic communication with 
individuals within five meters. It identifies itself as “Lord Theodore 
Thomas Blackwood”, a British explorer and naturalist (no such 
individual appears in any municipal records). SCP-1867 speaks with 
terminology and style appropriate to late nineteenth century 
England, and is generally friendly and cooperative with researchers. 


SCP-1867 makes repeated claims of past exploits and 
accomplishments, including service in the Second Opium War, 
expeditions to remote regions of the world, and encounters with 
various rare creatures and peoples. Despite the questionable validity 
of many of its claims, SCP-1867 has shown in-depth knowledge of 
geography, zoology, botany, archaeology, anthropology and 


linguistics relating to its claimed regions of exploration, as well as 
more esoteric fields such as obscure mythology, mysticism, and 
cryptozoology. However, SCP-1867 does not seem to realize, or 
willfully ignores, any events or information dating after approximately 
1910. 


When requested to give proof of its exploits, SCP-1867 provided an 


address near , England, claiming that it would be “more than 
willing to donate [its] collection.” Investigation of the address led to a 
cottage owned by one Ms. , who claimed to be “keeping 


the house for Lord Blackwood”. Further questioning failed to reveal 
any details of SCP-1867’s nature or origins beyond what information 
SCP-1867 had already provided. Ms. died of heart failure 
five days after Foundation agents began investigations. 


Investigation of the cottage revealed an underground vault 
containing over three thousand artifacts, zoological and botanical 
specimens, a library containing over five thousand items, and a 
functioning, if outdated, laboratory. All materials within the collection 
were removed and relocated by the Foundation over the course of 
three weeks. 


Addendum-01: A full listing of items recovered from SCP-1867’s 
collection may be found in Document 1867-VL. Items of particular 
note include: 


¢ 116 unknown species of plants 

¢ 107 unknown species of insects 

* 28 unknown species of lizards 

¢ 23 unknown species of fish 

* 14 unknown species of amphibians 

* 12 unknown species of mammals 

¢ Fossils pertaining to 8 unknown species of dinosaur 

* Fossils pertaining to 12 unknown species of prehistoric mammal 

¢ Artifacts belonging to 29 unknown indigenous societies 

¢ 35 hand-written journals containing recordings of events described 
by SCP-1867: the accounts are generally identical, save some slight 
variations and exaggerations on the part of SCP-1867 in re-telling, 
and have been dated to the appropriate time period of the events 
described. 

* 20 kilograms of processed opium 


* Collection of firearms of make and model not correlating with any 
known manufacturers, including three wide-bore muskets marked as 
“Dr. B. T. Moth’s Effective Particle Destabilizers.” These items are 
non-functional. 

¢ Detailed globes of Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the Galilean moons, 
accompanied by notes detailing possible paths of surface 
exploration. 

* A heavily modified carriage, containing instruments of unknown 
purpose. A note attached to the door reads “On the fritz. Speak with 
Henry” in handwriting matching that of the journals. 

¢ [DATA EXPUNGED] - Four agents were killed after activation 
before the object was destroyed. When questioned about the item, 
SCP-1867’s response was “I did warn you to be careful around my 
collection. That bloody thing nearly took my head off back in Woking 
in ninety-seven when | found it.” 


Addendum-02: 
The following interview is dated 08:45, / /2012 
Dr. : Good morning, 1867. 


SCP-1867: Ah, good morning Doctor! Wonderful to see 
you. Come in, come in, have yourself a seat. Now if | 
remember correctly, the last time you were here | was 
telling you about the time | was captured by the Ubula 
tribe of the Congo... 


Dr. : Actually, | had some questions about your 
story. You see, no such tribe exists. 


SCP-1867: Of course not! There weren't any of the 
Ubula left after the village was attacked by Mokelé- 
mbémbé. | still regret not being able to bag that monster 
when | had the chance. It is a persistently elusive 
creature... 


Dr. : 1867, we have no actual proof that what you 
are saying is not just an elaborate fiction. The artifacts 
and records we found in your vault could easily be fakes. 


SCP-1867: Nonsense! | would never fabricate any of my 
work. Why, it’s against the very heart of being a 
naturalist! While | am repeatedly amazed by your 
institution here, you seem to be missing the explorer’s 
spirit. When | scaled the Himalayas in search of the 
Monks of the Golden Mountain, did | worry about what 
others had said about them? Of course not! | went and 
found out for myself! 


Dr. : [short pause] You do realize that you’re a sea 
slug, right? 


SCP-1867: Good heavens, boy, have you been drinking? 
That’s utterly ridiculous. If you can’t be bothered to be 
sensible | have no reason to speak with you. Go get 
yourself a nice cup of tea and sober up. 


« SCP-1866 | SCP-1867 | SCP-1868 » 


SCP-1868: Speaks For Her 


Item #: SCP-1868 
Object Class: Safe-exsequi 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1868 must be used to 
monitor the electrical activity of the heart of a Class-D personnel. A 
second D-Class personnel is to remain on standby should a 
replacement be necessary. 


SCP-1868's output must be monitored at all times via video camera, 
with all communications transcribed and made available to 
personnel with clearance 2/1868 or greater. As SCP-1868 has 
responded more positively to Dr. Eriksson than to other personnel, 
Dr. Eriksson must remain at Site 88 should SCP-1868 wish to 
communicate with staff. 


Due to SCP-1868's potential to provide significant insight into 
potential medical advances, SCP-1868 has been deemed a high 
priority by Site 88's Research and Development department. 


Description: SCP-1868 is an EKG machine constructed in 
1999. SCP-1868 appears to be sapient and is capable of altering its 
output to produce text in American English. SCP-1868 is capable of 
interpreting audiovisual stimuli via an unknown process. 


When attached to a human subject, SCP-1868 will induce a state of 
unconsciousness in the subject that is not reversible by any 
currently known means. The subject's brain activity and 
physiological responses indicate a high level of fear and distress. 
During situations which cause SCP-1868 fear or anger, the subject 
may vocalize and/or make motions as if to remove SCP-1868 from 
themselves. 


While it is affecting a subject in this manner, SCP-1868 will claim to 
be in a romantic relationship’ with the subject, who it apparently 


believes to be a woman between the ages of 23 and 32, regardless 
of the subject's actual age and gender. SCP-1868 will in each case 
be fully aware that the subject is in a coma; nonetheless, it will claim 
that the subject is actively partaking in activities that would be 
expected of the subject should they be awake and living ina 
metropolitan area. 


Testing has shown that, in instances in which SCP-1868 claims to 
be passing on messages or describing the activities of a subject, the 
knowledge and communications that it conveys are accurate 
representations of the subject's knowledge and of its behavior. The 
exception to this is the subject's supposed relationship with 
SCP-1868, which SCP-1868 will claim as reality even in cases 
where the subject is highly unlikely to become romantically involved 
with any entity. Attempts to communicate directly with the subject 
are discouraged, as using SCP-1868 in this manner results in a 
drastic increase in brain activity indicative of fear, along with activity 
that indicates dishonesty on the part of the subject. 


It is currently hypothesized that, while SCP-1868 is not completely 
honest regarding the subject's status, it is capable of interacting with 
the subject to some extent. Thus, should SCP-1868 be sufficiently 
analyzed, it may hold promise for communicating with comatose 
patients, or for providing them with a means to experience normal 
living. Research into SCP-1868's activity is ongoing. 


Attempts to remove SCP-1868 from any subject will result in 
SCP-1868 becoming highly distressed and angry at the party(s) 
responsible. Prior to complete removal, SCP-1868 will electrocute 
the subject via a mechanism that is not fully understood, causing 
death in all recorded cases. SCP-1868 will typically be highly 
uncooperative with any person it perceives as responsible for its 
removal, typically only communicating to state that it caused the 
electrocution at the subject's request. This behavior will cease 
should SCP-1868 be provided a new subject. 


Interview 1868-6 


Foreword: Dr. Eriksson was instructed to engage 
SCP-1868 in dialogue and, if possible, to obtain 
information as to the relationships SCP-1868 forms with 


subjects, as well as the perceived nature of its existence. 
<Begin log> 
Dr. Eriksson: Afternoon, eighteen sixty-eight. 


SCP-1868: If you're in the mood to feel sympathetic for 
the antagonist in this little anecdote, wanna know 
something | found funny about the fat man? He had the 
skinniest arms I'd ever seen. He couldn't even beat us 
with his fists — he had to use a golf club or a whip. | 
swear, men these days have to find *something* to 
compensate for. 


[Thirty seconds pass in silence. ] 
SCP-1868: Well? 

Dr. Eriksson: Pardon? 

SCP-1868: It's from a book Claire's writing. 


Dr. Eriksson: I'd have to see the rest of it to form an 
Opinion... but we can discuss that later. | have a few 
more questions to ask. 


SCP-1868: | guess. | promised I'd call her in a couple of 
minutes, so make it quick. 


Dr. Eriksson: Can do. How long have you known D- 
Twenty — er, Claire?