SCP-2265 is to be contained on-site by security and 
researchers from the nearby Site 68. The restaurant 
surrounding SCP-2265 has been closed, and a false 
cover story implemented about a termite infestation. A 
team of researchers shall monitor SCP-2265 by closed 
circuit camera at all times; should any unusual activity be 
observed, it must be reported to the Site Director as 
soon as possible. 


Description: SCP-2265 was a localized two hour time loop affecting 
a twenty-square meter area of Mario's, a defunct Italian restaurant 
located in , California. SCP-2265 was impermeable and self- 
containing; no items could enter or exit the time loop, including 
SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B. 


SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B are Masahiro Goto and Andrew Verit, 
history professors at the University of Kyoto and the University of 
California- —_, respectively, at the time SCP-2265 manifested. 
During the time period in which SCP-2265 was active, neither 


SCP-2265-A nor SCP-2265-B were observed to age through the 
iterations of the loop. Both SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B were 
unaware of any changes in the environment surrounding SCP-2265, 
perceiving it as being unchanged from its state at the beginning of 
the time loop. SCP-2265-A demonstrated an awareness of the time 
loop, its previous iterations, and its inability to exit it; SCP-2265-B 
did not. 


The dinner table they were sitting at, and the immediate area 
surrounding it, became SCP-2265 on 13 Jan 1991, as Goto and 
Verit were eating dinner at Mario's. At the time, Professor Goto was 
visiting the United States to give a series of lectures; he and 
Professor Verit were eating out to discuss said lectures and 
Professor Goto's remaining plans for his time in the United States. 
After the anomalous effects of SCP-2265 were noted by employees 
of the restaurant, Foundation agents were dispatched and Class B 
Amnesiacs were administered to all involved; Mario's was 
subsequently closed. SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B were reported 
as having died in a car crash. 


Addendum 2265: Cessation of Anomalous Activity: On 24 Oct 
2011, SCP-2265 did not reset at the end of its normal loop, and both 
SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B immediately became aware of the 
surrounding environment. Shortly thereafter, SCP-2265-A began 
laughing and crying hysterically, and repeatedly hugged surrounding 
Foundation personnel. Both SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B were 
taken into custody; after the items inside the former SCP-2265 were 
removed, the containment area was subsequently abandoned. One 
week later, Masahiro Goto and Andrew Verit were declassified as 
SCP-2265-A and SCP-2265-B after tests revealed they retained no 
anomalous properties. 


Addendum 2265-2: Interview Log: 
SCP-2265-A Interview Log 


[This interview took place four days after 
SCP-2265-A's recovery from SCP-2265. 
SCP-2265-A is being questioned on its 
experiences inside SCP-2265]. 


relocate either the target or the SCP become futile. SCP-260 begins 
to burrow into the target's body in the direction of the chest at a 
speed of approximately 0.5 centimeters per second. All organs 
along the SCP's path are pulverized. As soon as the target's vital 
signs cease, the stone immediately exits the body via the shortest 
route (whereupon the name of a new target appears on the same 
space as the previous name), and recommences motion. Typically, 
the new target is the person closest to the stone at the time at which 
it exits the body, but some variations have occurred (consult the 
addendum for further information). 


Addendum: Test Log 


The following scenarios were constructed as potential preventative 
measures to contain SCP-260. 


Scenario 1: SCP-260 was lured into a cubic concrete cell and locked 
inside. 

Result: Upon reaching the edge of the floor and climbing halfway up 
the wall, SCP-260 ceased motion. Observers described it as 
"flickering" for several seconds between its natural coloration anda 
"photographic negative", after which it vanished. The current target 
expired shortly thereafter. An autopsy revealed the stone's presence 
in the target's chest, having punctured the aorta and the pulmonary 
artery. Several seconds after discovery the name of Dr. , who 
performed the autopsy, appeared on the stone and he was 
immediately evacuated to a more secure location. 


Scenario 2: SCP-260 was lured into a hollow, open-ended rotational 
cylinder mounted on a fixed stand (hereafter referred to as a "gerbil 
wheel") with its current target placed outside the cylinder, with the 
aim of allowing the SCP to continue its motion while simultaneously 
retarding it with minimal effort. 

Result: After 57 hours and 22 minutes, SCP-260 ceased motion. 
Events that followed matched very closely to the results of Scenario 
1. An autopsy was not performed, and observation of the corpse 
was ordered for the following 72 hours. Complaints about the 
deceased ensued. 9 hours into the observation, perforations were 
first observed in the corpse's chest, followed by the full emergence 
of SCP-260 over the following hour. After remaining still for 47 
minutes, the SCP began moving towards one of the observers, who 


Doctor Selvece: Good evening, SCP-2265-A. 


SCP-2265-A: Ah, good evening, doctor. Why 
are you still calling me that? 


Doctor Selvece: It's a formality, | assure you; 
we must confirm you are no longer anomalous 
in any way. 


SCP-2265-A: "Anomalous." | suppose that's 
one way to describe it. 


Doctor Selvece: Indeed. Based on our 
observations, we gathered that you were 
aware of SCP-2265 during your time in it, and 
yet your behavior became remarkably more 
subdued over the years. Care to explain that? 


SCP-2265-A: Well, | did not feel that way at 
first. When | first realized what was going on... 
unease, then panic as | realized we were 
trapped. | tried to scream to the people outside 
Our..."area"... but none noticed us. | did 
everything | could, for a long time. Every time | 
told Andrew what was happening, he would 
confirm it, become alarmed, and... forget. 
"Lather, rinse, repeat," as you Say. 


Doctor Selvece: And after a period of time, 
you gave up attempting to break the loop? 


SCP-2265-A: What was the point? We were 
trapped there. Nothing | did could stop Andrew 
from forgetting after the two hours passed, or 
the process from repeating itself. It was a cruel 
thing, but the universe did not care for my 
misery. 


Doctor Selvece: What did you decide to do 
after that? 


SCP-2265-A: Adapt. The human mind is an 
amazing thing; we can get used to almost 
anything, given time. If the loop was going to 
trap me, then | may as well find a way to cope 
with it. 


Doctor Selvece: How were your experiences 
after that? 


SCP-2265-A: The first half-hour was the 
hardest part. Eating the same damn meal over 
and over again drove me mad. And Andrew 
would always talk about his dissertation 
revisions, and ask me about my itinerary for 
the rest of the week. Over, and over, and over. 
After that, however, | decided to use the 
opportunity the time loop gave me to better 
myself. 


Doctor Selvece: How so? 


SCP-2265-A: Professor Verit is a remarkably 
intelligent and thoughtful man. Those dinner 
conversations we had, the hundreds, the 
thousands of them... | learned so much. We 
talked about poetry, literature, nature... even 
as time kept resetting itself, | never ran out of 
things to ask him. | talked so much that | 
almost completely lost my accent, something 
that he began to pick up on. | was beginning to 
accept my fate. If this were the afterlife, then | 
suppose there were worse fates to be given. 
Then the loop stopped. All at once... and here 
we are. 


Doctor Selvece: We did everything we could 
to free you from there, you know. We would 
have done so sooner if- 


SCP-2265-A: Oh, | know, Doctor. But to be 
frank, | do not regret it. 


Doctor Selvece: Really? 


SCP-2265-A: Yes. | had no wife or children 
before | became trapped, and my parents were 
long dead. | was alone, still searching for life's 
answers despite devoting my life to answering 
questions of the past. Those two decades | 
was in that room changed me. | feel much 
more..."whole," so to speak. Everything feels 
different to me now, as if | can appreciate 
things better. That time with Andrew... well, it 
made me who | am now. | do not wish to be 
back there again, but were | given the 
opportunity to erase the last 20 years, | do not 
know if | would. 


Doctor Selvece: Thank you, SCP-2265-A, 
that will be all. 


[End of Interview Log] 
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SCP-2266: For the World to Dictate Her Death 


Item #: SCP-2266 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2266-1 is to be kept in 
Storage Unit 40 at Site-209. Storage Units 41 - 45 are reserved for 
newly discovered instances of SCP-2266-1 if and when additional 
space is required. MTF Upsilon-18 ("Black Noise") is tasked with 
tracking SCP-2266-2 and in pre-emptively securing all newly 
discovered instances of SCP-2266-1. 


SCP-2266-2 is held on-site in standard humanoid containment suite 
and is tagged with GPS monitoring tags. When new instances of 
SCP-2266-1 are activated, SCP-2266-2 is to be located as soon as 
possible and brought under control. Affected individuals exposed to 
SCP-2266-1 and/or SCP-2266-2 are to be given Class-C Amnestics 
and released. 


Use of force is not authorized when re-containing SCP-2266-2, 
unless subject has become demonstrably hostile to affected 
individuals and/or Foundation personnel. Non-vital personnel no 
longer able to perceive SCP-2266-2 are to be re-assigned. 


Description: SCP-2266-1 refers to a series of -brand DVD-Rs 
commonly appearing in video stores and online third-party retailers 
under the guise of a copy of the now-lost 1921 film "Humor Risk" 
starring the Marx Brothers. Contents of the disk contain snippets of 
the film interspersed with added content variously described as 
disturbing pornographic imagery and/or seemingly arbitrary footage 
of men engaging in silent dialogue with one another whilst an 
unidentified animal crosses the screen. 


Viewing SCP-2266-1 in its entirety causes SCP-2266-2 to manifest 
in the immediate vicinity of the individual. SCP-2266-2 is 
a 27 year old woman of average height and build. The manifestation 


of SCP-2266-2 and/or exposure to SCP-2266-1 has caused 
individuals witnessing SCP-2266-2 to experience a systematic 
alteration in their mental faculties!, resulting in a neurological 
condition in which the individuals are unable to perceive 
SCP-2266-2 in any way. 


A second manifestation of SCP-2266-2 by a previously exposed 
individual(s) causes SCP-2266-2 to be physically unable to interact 
with the individual(s) and all inanimate objects within a general 
10-20 meter vicinity of its location. Previously unaffected individuals 
present at the time will be able to witness and physically interact 
with SCP-2266-2. 


Discovery: Instances of SCP-2266-1 first began to appear in 
regional retail outlets in , Alaska in 1997. The popularity of the 
horror film "The Ring" in 2002 led to a widespread resurgence in 
which instances of SCP-2266-1 began to appear in certain 
Blockbuster Video retail outlets, as well as on eBay and Amazon 
third-party merchants under its current guise (identified 20 ); 
allegedly "real versions" of "The Ring". 


Description of SCP-2266-2 appearances varied, with individuals 
reporting SCP-2266-2 to manifest from their television screens or 
alternately as an intruder, indicating SCP-2266-2 does not always 
appear in the same spot. Reported instances of SCP-2266-2 
culminated in a successful recovery on / /2003, when a police 
report was intercepted detailing an individual claiming the subject 
had broken into the individual's friend's home, while the friend in 
question could not positively identify an intruder. Police on the scene 
took SCP-2266-2 into custody, to the confusion and dismay of the 
homeowner who continued to insist no such intruder was to be 
found. 


The connection between SCP-2266-2 with SCP-2266-1 was made 
between //2003 and / /20 when recovery efforts turned up copies 
of SCP-2266-1 at the locations SCP-2266-2 was recovered. 
Containment procedures for SCP-2266-2 were updated at this point, 
and amenities were made upon recognition of SCP-2266-2's lack of 
involvement in this process. 


Interview log 1.19.20 with SCP-2266-2 


(Begin Log) 
Dr. Eastwatch: Hello, 
SCP-2266-2: Hey. 


Dr. Eastwatch: Why don't you tell me what happened, 
from the beginning? 


SCP-2266-2: Do | have to? It hurts to speak so much. 


Dr. Eastwatch: We can stop and continue later when 
you're feeling better. 


SCP-2266-2: Nope. It always hurts to talk. Stallin' won't 
help. From the beginning, then; | woke up in my bed and 
saw a woman standing over me. | couldn't move. She 
looked down at me and started to cry. | asked her name, 
and she smiled at me and said 'No one will remember 
your name’. So | got my phone and called the cops. 


Dr. Eastwatch: And what happened? 


SCP-2266-2: Nothing happened. | fell back asleep. 
Probably should've done something about the woman in 
my room, but | couldn't get up. | figured if | was going to 
die, | didn't wanna be awake for it. Fell back asleep easy 
enough. | woke up somewhere else, with two guys 
laughing and pointing at me. | didn't have any clothes on, 
so | assumed the worst... Then, they got up and ran out 
of the room. | was shaking then, thought | was gonna 
have a heart attack. So | found the bathroom and waited. 


Dr. Eastwatch: Then it happened again? 


SCP-2266-2: Again, and again, and again, and again. 
Sometimes people would just ignore me. I'd leave, try not 
to break down again, find my way home. Other times, | 
couldn't leave. The doors would be locked, the windows 
sealed shut, every single object, from furniture to slender 
little wine glasses, would be hard as rock, and 


impossible to move. 


Dr. Eastwatch: What about when the agents found you? 
You said you couldn't leave the house or move anything, 
yet you had a cell phone on you. 


SCP-2266-2: | had visited that house before. "Visited". 
Someone left the room just as | appeared. | went and hid 
in the bathroom. Some time later, | came out, and started 
touching everything, looking for anything | could move. | 
knocked the cell phone off the table. | didn't think, | just 
took it up and called 911. 


Dr. Eastwatch: No one responded? 


SCP-2266-2: Nobody heard me. | might've broken the 
speaker. Speaking of which, my throat... can we stop for 
now? 


Dr. Eastwatch: If you'd like to, sure. | think that's enough 
for one day. 


Addendum: SCP-2266-2 manifestation events have indicated an 
increasing number of individuals not previously exposed exhibiting 
symptoms consistent with a second exposure to SCP-2266. 
Additionally, unexposed individuals? have exhibited these 
symptoms. Neuroimaging of exposed personnel (as well as 
unexposed personnel) indicated the effects of SCP-2266-2 exposure 
present in 70% of all personnel, regardless of exposure to 
SCP-2266. 


The level of SCP-2266 exposure appeared linked to a number of 
biological factors, including brain chemistry, temporal/occipital lobe 
health, grey matter, age, and sex. As a result, it is believed that 
continued containment breaches over an extended period of time 
may result in a complete species-wide exposure to SCP-2266-2's 
derealization events. In this event, containment of SCP-2266 will be 
rendered irrelevant. 


Footnotes 
1. Initial stages appear centralized in the occipital and temporal lobe 


sections of the brain. 
2. First discovered among on-site personnel 


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SCP-2267: Vibrations 


Item #: SCP-2267 
Object Class: Euclid