composition to their smaller cousins, specimens are able to diffuse 
and actively transport nutrients far more efficiently, transporting 
glucose from the surrounding broth at a rate of 36 mg/hr. 
Inexplicably, when exposed to lactose in the absence of glucose, 
SCP-2946 quadruples its rate of protein produced. In some 
instances, the cells may even rupture or perish due to extreme 
overexpression of toxic or large proteins. 


SCP-2946 possesses cellular structures normally only found in 
animal, plant, or fungal cells. These features allow them to produce 
proteins which are normally non-functional in bacteria. Additionally, 
due to the presence of certain structures, individuals are able to 
secrete proteins into the surrounding broth, making collection and 
purification of proteins via lysis of individual cells’ unnecessary. This 
makes SCP-2946 an invaluable tool for research purposes, enabling 
collection of large amounts of protein within a short period of time 
using relatively few resources in the long term. 


Most individual cells are relatively harmless during normal growth 
states. When deprived of glucose, entities will move towards the 
nearest source, including humans, utilizing glucose sensors? in their 
flagella. 


Upon reaching a source, SCP-2946 will begin secreting corrosive 
fluid19, to break down tissue and acquire glucose. Strangely, the 
organism is not immune to its own corrosive secretions, often 
rupturing itself long before it digests the target source. Rate of 
digestion depends on the number of active individuals secreting onto 
a subject. A single specimen is incapable of digesting a human host 
alone, and will perish if it engages in prolonged excretion. 5 or more 
individuals are capable of digesting a human source in as little as 30 
minutes, and are able to survive due to the reduced exposure time. 
In most cases, consciousness in the human host is not lost until the 
subject expires. 


Single cells carry several million copies of a large, single, circular 
genome, and may carry 10s of millions of copies of one or more 
plasmids, depending on the current line of experimentation. 


SCP-2946 is extremely susceptible to foreign genetic material when 
undergoing transformation procedures. Unlike its smaller cousins, 


non-plasmid DNA taken up by the cells is immediately integrated 
into its genome. Uptake of animal, plant, fungal, and even protist 
DNA have drastic and poorly understood effects on the physiological 
characteristics of impacted cells. 


Notably, when one group of cells was accidentally exposed to a 
strand of hair from Dr. , effects were immediate. All cells lost 
their rod shape, became circular, and began dividing rapidly, 
clinging to each other until individual cells were indistinguishable. 
The mass of expanding cells formed large scale organs and limbs, 
including a heart, 2 lungs, what appeared to be hair follicle cells, and 
[REDACTED]. Before the tank was sealed, Junior Researcher 

was swatted into the tank by one of the flailing limbs. The cells 
swarmed her shortly thereafter, whereupon visual contact was lost. 
Upon being sealed, the tank was flooded with hydrochloric acid. 


Following this incident, current containment protocols were put in 
place. Inquiries into further effects of foreign genetic material on 
susceptible individuals are now required to undergo level 4 review 
and approval. (See Experiment log E-2946-13 and Extended 
Collaborative Experiment log E-2946-34). 


Discovery: SCP-2946 was discovered on August 13th 1994 by a 
group of Foundation researchers exploring SCP-2378. The 
organism was first observed leaping from a pool of bile salts towards 
a large Stalactite!’ missing several times before hitting and breaking 
the structure off and into the pool, where it immediately dissolved. 
Intrigued, researchers set up recording and measurement 
equipment, and spent time collecting environmental samples, pH 
measurements, and observations. At approximately 14:00 hours, the 
researchers broke for lunch, and Dr. was seen consuming 
several very sugary foods. At 14:10, Dr. was swarmed from 
behind by approximately 30 instances of the entity, and dragged into 
the bile salt pool. The remaining members of the research team 
immediately called for a containment crew, and made efforts to fish 
Dr. from the pool, using collection nets, before she disappeared 
from visible view. 


Containment crews arrived at 14:20 and were briefed on the 
situation. individual cells were captured, without incident, once the 
pool was drained. Dr. 's remains could not be located. All 


Addendum: Notes on recovery 


SCP-352 was recovered in southern Russia, near the town of 

. Reports of an “Enchanted Forest” and a witch who had 
caused several deaths were initially ignored, until reports of the 
witch being found and captured began to surface. When Foundation 
agents responded, the town was found deserted. Several bodies 
were found in varying states of decomposition, and blood trails 
appeared to show many more bodies being dragged into the 
“enchanted forest”. 


Recovery teams were dispatched and captured SCP-352, but 
suffered heavy casualties due to SCP-352's attack and exposure to 
the enzyme. A large amount of “hair” was recovered as well, and is 
believed to be the cause of many exposure incidents, with contact 
being attributed to spider webs or an Agent’s own hair and not 
reported until hallucinations manifested. 


Addendum: Notes on behavior 


While SCP-352 prefers any type of human flesh over any other type 
of meat, it appears to have a special propensity for children between 
0 and 2 years of age. After observation of highly elevated levels of 
cooperation and a reduced tendency to attack staff while consuming 
flesh of this type, a possible alteration in the current diet is being 
considered. 


Addendum: The use of SCP-604 and SCP-1680 as a more efficient 
food source for SCP-352 is currently pending approval from the 
project director following initial testing. 


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instances of SCP-2946 and more than 30 100-kg stalactites were 
collected by both the research team and containment crew for study, 
and appeasement purposes. 


+LEVEL 2 CLEARANCE REQUIRED 


Experiment Logs E-2946-13 
All researchers requesting and conducting tests with 
SCP-2946 are to record their results in the format below. 


All experiments were conducted in a Biosafety level 4 
chamber and flooded with hydrochloric acid immediately 
after tests were concluded. 


Date: 
Researcher: 
Sample identity: 
Result: 


Test 07 


Date: August 30th 20 

Researcher: Dr. Andrews 

Sample identity: Wetaxyaceae rostrata (Tropical Fern) 
Result: 

00:00:30: Cell pigmentation changes from a purplish 
tone to green. Cell shape shifts from a rod-shaped 
cylinder into a rigid polygon, with a thick cellular wall 
composed of cellulose. Light absorption measurements 
within the chamber change, indicating increased 
reflection of green light and increased absorption of red 
and blue light. Organelles typical of plant cells promptly 
appear, including chloroplasts. 

00:01:00: Cells begin rapidly dividing, clinging together 
and differentiating into characteristic plant tissues. 
00:05:00: Large leaves characteristic of ferns sprout and 
begin filling the room. 

00:06:00: Leaves develop razor-sharp edges and begin 
flailing against the observation window. 

00:10:00: Structures analogous to Dionaea muscipula'2 
manifest, and begin secreting highly corrosive fluid onto 


the window. Chamber is flooded with hydrochloric acid. 


Date: September 3rd 

Researcher: Dr. Andrews 

Sample identity: Amanita muscaria (Red and White 
spotted mushroom) 

Result: 

00:00:30: SCP-2946 progresses from rod-shaped 
cylinder into a long filament with multiple nuclei. 
00:01:00: filament divides rapidly into branching/ 
interweaving structures, forming hyphae and 
subsequently mycelium. 

00:02:00: 16, large, frilled, red capped toadstools grow 
from the network of filaments. Aerial spores are detected 
within the chamber. 

00:05:00: Structures analogous to roundworm oral 
cavities burst from the mycelium, and begin flailing 
spasmically against the walls and observation window. 
00:07:00: Toadstools begin secreting aerosolized 
psychoactive toxins similar to those found in Ergots. 
00:10:00: Filaments condense beneath toadstools, 
prehensile limbs with clawed digits begin forming in pairs 
of tens. Room is flooded with hydrochloric acid. 


Date: September 5th 

Researcher: Dr. Andrews 

Sample identity: Acrasis rosea (Rose Slime Mold) 
Result: 

00:00:30: Cell loses all rigidity, becoming amoeboid. 
00:01:00: Cell begins rapidly dividing, spawning 
thousands of additional amoebae. 

00:02:00: Cells begin aggregating and form a 
characteristic fruiting body structure. 

00:05:00: structure begins rocking back and forth wildly, 
long tentacle-like structures begin extending from the 
base. 

00:06:00: Each tentacle develops hundreds of openings 
with sharp teeth like protrusions. 

00:07:00: Top of fruiting body spawns large spherical 
structures. 


00:08:00: Spherical structures drop into dentata of the 
openings. 

00:09:00: Additional fruiting bodies grow from the 
spheres. 

00:10:00: Tentacles begin to flail wildly, fruiting bodies 
sprout long serpentine limbs, with 10 digits ending in 
venomous barbs. Room is flooded with hydrochloric acid. 


Footnotes 

1. An enzyme commonly found in human tears and egg yolk which 
degrades the cell wall of bacteria. 

2. The lac operon is one of the commonly used examples of 
metabolic regulation. In the absence of glucose and presence of 
lactose, allolactose will bind to a repressor protein on top of the 
promotor, and cause it to release, allowing transcription to occur. 
3. Isopropyl B-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside, a molecule which mimics 
the structure of lactose. 

4. Thus a volume of roughly 2100 cm3 

5. I.E. emit color when struck with specific wavelengths of light. 

6. Acommon protein structure used by bacteria for movement. 

7. States that as a shape grows in size, its volume grows faster than 
its surface area. In biological applications where cells depend on 
their surface areas for nutrient transports, this means the larger the 
cell, the more inefficiently it metabolizes and transports nutrients. 
8. A relatively simple, but often time-consuming process. 

9. Microscopic structures which behave similar to dowsing rods, 
pointing the organism in the direction of glucose. 

10. An array of digestive enzymes and exotoxins not found within 
the cells genome. 

11. Later determined to be composed of glucose, lactose, and 
mannose. 

12. Colloquially known as the Venus Flytrap. 


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SCP-2947: Fidget Winners 


Item #: SCP-2947 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2947 are 
to be kept in individual containers with foam padding made to fit 
each instance, to ensure that transportation cannot result in the 
accidental spinning of the instances. As far as you 
know.Currently, there are no plans to create new 
instances of SCP-2947. 


Aoki Events may be initiated by two or more personnel within 
Site-29's High Impact Test Chamber. Proper testing procedure calls 
for two personnel to activate the SCP-2947 instances by spinning 
them counter-clockwise, and proceeding to evacuate through the 
blast doors in a timely manner. 


Description: SCP-2947-1 is a three-pronged aluminum ‘fidget 
spinner’ toy, patterned with stripes in black and a red-yellow 
gradient. The cap for the axle of SCP-2947-1 has stylized text in 
Katakana script, reading "Fidget Winners™"; no such entity has 
been found in any extant trademark database. 


When spun in a direction the user perceives as counter-clockwise, 
SCP-2947-1 will become capable of levitation. Breaking physical 
contact with SCP-2947-1 will result in it orienting itself horizontally, 
and continue rotating at its original speed. During this time, it will 
produce SCP-2947-A1, a semi-solid, stylized holographic construct 
resembling a Smilodon fatalis'! with a mane of blue flames and 
striping in a pattern similar to the coloring on SCP-2947-1 itself. 
Contact with skin will cause SCP-2947-1 to cease motion and fall to 
the floor. 


When spun in a direction the user perceives as clockwise, 
SCP-2947-1 will again suspend itself in mid-air, but along a vertical 


axis. During this time, information is projected onto SCP-2947 ina 
manner similar to a statistics screen in a Japanese Role-Playing 
Video Game, displaying information such as SCP-2947-1's weight, 
maximum speed, and a statistic which simply reads "Fighting Spirit", 
which is listed as "Burning Smilodon". 


Furthermore, any item that can be classified as a ‘fidget spinner’ toy 
that makes direct contact with SCP-2947-1 is transmogrified into an 
instance of SCP-2947. These additional instances possess 
anomalous properties identical to SCP-2947, but have variations on 
the statistics display based on design, composition, weight, etc. 
However, new SCP-2947 instances do not carry the same 
transformative properties as SCP-2947-1. 


Most instances of SCP-2947 to date also have a unique "Fighting 
Spirit". If at least two SCP-2947 instances are spun counter- 
clockwise, an Aoki Event will occur. 


Aoki Events are characterized by two or more SCP-2947-A 
instances engaging in combat with one another. During this event, 
SCP-2947 instances will proceed towards the highest point in the 
area (up to 20m in outdoor areas) and attempt to collide with each 
other. These collisions are represented by physical combat that 
takes place between SCP-2947-A instances. SCP-2947 instances 
are unaffected by normal gravity for the duration of Aoki events. The 
apparent win condition of an Aoki event is knocking all other 
SCP-2947 instances to the ground and immobilizing them. Following 
the conclusion of an Aoki event, SCP-2947 instances will return to 
their base state. 


Discovery: SCP-2947 was discovered following its confiscation 
from a student at Middle School in Bangor, Maine. It was placed 
in a bin of confiscated objects, along with several other fidget 
spinners previously confiscated, transfiguring all it made contact with 
into SCP-2947 instances. 


At the end of the 2016-2017 school year, when all confiscated 
materials were returned, at least three individuals independently 
spun their SCP-2947 instance counter-clockwise, resulting in a large 
Aoki event. Due to the semi-solid nature of the entities, and the force 
of the attacks (mainly in form of large pockets of high air pressure), 


over $200,000 in damage was done to the building. A transcript of 
security camera footage documenting the Aoki Event is available 
below; for the purposes of clarity, all SCP-2947-A instances are 
referred to by the designations given to them on their statistics 
board. 


2:39:15 PM: Kyle Ballard, age 13, is seen spinning 
SCP-2947-1, before inadvertently letting go as another 
unidentified student collides with their shoulder. It hovers 
in midair, unnoticed by Ballard, as he proceeds to berate 
the student who collided with him. 


2:39:27 PM: In the cafeteria, another student, Michelle 
Fletcher, puts down their SCP-2947 instance after 
spinning it counter-clockwise. It proceeds to hover in 
midair, before an instance of SCP-2947-A ("Congo 
Cerebus") resembling a three-headed gorilla appears 
underneath, and grows to reach the ceiling (approx. 10m 
high). The table it was laid on buckles under its weight, 
and Fletcher and several other students run out of the 
room.