in , UK, after reports of its use reached Foundation personnel 
monitoring Marshall, Carter, and Dark communications. 
Documentation recovered with the object indicates that it was the 
primary attraction of the clubhouse. Several other SCP objects, 
including SCP-2463 and SCP-2635, were recovered by Mobile Task 


Force Mu-3. 


Subjects known to have been affected by SCP-1738 


Subject 
, a high profile client of 
MC&D. 


Fear 
Displays extreme anxiety when 
exposed to squares of blue-tinted 
light, or when the words 
"command, test one" are spoken 
in his presence. Has panic 
attacks when left in rooms 
illuminated by three candles ina 
single candelabra. 


, ahigh profile client of Subject has panic attacks when 


MC&D. 


, client of MC&D known to 
have voluntarily used SCP-1738 


, client of MC&D known to 
have voluntarily used SCP-1738 


exposed to a specific pair of white 
gloves (recovered with 
SCP-1738). Panic attacks only 
occur in presence of both gloves. 
Subject has panic attacks lasting 
exactly three minutes when 
exposed to a blue playing card 
with a red dot. 

Subject has panic attacks when 
exposed to photographs of three 
birds of paradise (family 
Paradisaeidae) together. Subject 
proved remarkably adept at 
distinguishing examples of 
Paradisaeidae from non- 
Paradisaeidae. When affected, 
repeatedly used the phrase "A 
victory comes, we propose a 
toast, yet he still insists he sees 
the ghosts.” 


, Client of MC&D known to When hearing any of the "Six 


have voluntarily used SCP-1738 


Unidentified researcher involveo 
in SCP-1738's creation 


Unidentified researcher involvec 
in SCP-1738's creation 


Little Preludes” harpsichord 
compositions by Johann 
Sebastian Bach, would attempt 
self-harm and experience fear- 
induced seizures. Also used the 
phrase "A victory comes, we 
propose a toast, yet he still insists 
he sees the ghosts.” 

When any reference to SCP-1738 
is made, or if the subject views a 
chair similar to SCP-1738, would 
experience intense hallucinations 
of his mother abusing him. 
Notably, the subject's mother died 
during childbirth, and he was 
raised alone by his father. 
Catatonic state. During initial 
testing, CAT scans showed 
massive activity in her amygdala, 
shortly before the subject suffered 
brain death. Notably, research 
shows that this subject was never 
directly exposed to SCP-1738. 
Further research into possible 
secondary exposure is ongoing. 


« SCP-1737 | SCP-1738 | SCP-1739 » 


SCP-1739: Obsolete Laptop 


Item #: SCP-1739 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1739 is contained in 
Containment Sector , located in Site- . Experimentation plans 
regarding SCP-1739 must first be forwarded to the O5 Council for 
approval. Containment Sector is to be constantly monitored. In the 
event that any individuals spontaneously appear within Containment 
Sector , the O5 Council is to be immediately notified. 


Containment of SCP-1739’s primary anomalous effects is executed 
under Operation Smokescreen. The overseeing Level 4 researcher 
has primary authority over Operation Smokescreen and reports 
directly to the O5 Council. The details of Operation Smokescreen 
are classified to the overseeing researcher and the O5 Council. 


Description: SCP-1739 is a Dell Latitude D800 laptop. SCP-1739 
has proven impervious to all attempts at destruction. An executable 
file named "gofetch.exe" is located on SCP-1739’s hard drive. 
Executing "gofetch.exe" opens three windowed applications. The 
first window contains an input field requesting date and time in UNIX 
time stamp format. Only dates between January 1st, 2004, 00:01:18 
GMT and current time at the time of input are accepted, with all 
others resulting in an error message. Subjects who enter a number 
within the correct range will disappear. 


The second window appears to be a client application for an 
unknown chat protocol. Users are automatically given the handle 
"BranchPrime." After subjects disappear, the chat client can be used 
to communicate with individuals given handles that are variations of 
the name "Isaac". These individuals claim to be Foundation 
personnel existing in a divergent timeline created by the 
disappeared subject's temporal relocation to the destination 
determined by the input UNIX time stamp. The divergent timeline is 


reported to have been identical to this timeline in all respects until 
the spontaneous appearance of experimental subjects. If such 
claims are true, SCP-1739 is capable of transporting subjects 
backwards in time as far back as January 1st, 2004. 


The third window is a computer-generated animation of a dog 
chained to a doghouse. If a number is successfully entered, the 
animation changes to display a woman unleashing the dog and 
throwing a ball into the distance. The dog then runs off-screen after 
the ball. 


After a time period ranging from three days to seven months, the 
"Isaac" handle disconnects from the chat. At this point in time, the 
animation changes once more to display the dog running back, with 
the deflated remains of the ball between its teeth. The dog discards 
the remains, which fly off-screen, while the woman chains the dog 
back to the doghouse. 


On January ist, 2004, SCP-1739 spontaneously appeared in 
containment in Containment Sector , which was previously vacant. 


+ Level 3/1739 clearance required 
Chat Log 1739-12 


Foreword: Three weeks previously, on 
January 20th, 2014, 10:30:00 PM GMT, 
D-22314 had inputted a number corresponding 
to the present time minus five seconds into 
SCP-1739. Supervising Level 4 Researcher 
Dr. represents "BranchPrime". 


Isaac67: Does the black moon howl? 
BranchPrime: [DATA EXPUNGED] 


Isaac67: Password exchange protocol is 
working, then. 


Isaac67: I'm sending you the analysis of 
SCP-1739 taken after D-22314 appeared in 
this timeline. 


Isaac67 has uploaded 


Isaac67: Our research team compared it to the 
analysis of SCP-1739 that was taken before 
D-22314 appeared. The two are identical. 
There's nothing that suggests that a change in 
this timeline's instance of SCP-1739 is what's 
causing us to spontaneously log out. 


BranchPrime: Mm. 


Isaac67: And at the same time, the chance 
that I'm just some construct of the executable 
file itself is becoming increasingly unlikely, isn't 
it? 

BranchPrime: Well, who knows. 

Chat Log 1739-19 

Isaac67: Does the black moon howl? 
BranchPrime: [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


Isaac67: This is a breach of protocol, but it 
doesn't matter. In all likelinood the O5's going 
to censor this on your end but they're too busy 
to stop me on this one. 


BranchPrime: What's happening? 


Isaac67: | have answers. | know why I'm going 
to disconnect very shortly. But first, a question. 


Isaac67: Is your world ending? 


BranchPrime: | don't know what you're talking 
about, and no, | have no reason to believe that 
the world's ending. 


Isaac67: | hope you're not acting. 


Isaac67: Well, | know you're not acting. 


Isaac67: Because I'm not. And no amount of 
pressure or coercion can change that. Which 
means the same for you. 


Isaac67: That's all | needed. | want you to go 
to the O5 Council. When they ask you why 
you've come, give them this document. 


Isaac67 has uploaded 


Isaac67: The cause of the disconnect is the 
destruction of this universe. But while this 
universe is ending, yours isn't. There's only 
one point of divergence. We don't know 
whether this thing is meant to put people on a 
lifeboat or exile them to a sinking ship. The 
latter seems far more likely. Regardless... 


Isaac67: | want you to read that document 
before you give it to the O5. Look for the 
warning signs. There are certain patterns that 
hold the universe together and | know but you 
don't that heat death is only the beginning. 


Afterword: Three hours later, lsaac67 
disconnected. 


+ Level 4/1739 clearance required 
Chat Log 1739-25 


Foreword: Experimental procedure had been 
reproduced using D-22358 as test subject. 


Isaac132: Does the black moon howl? 
BranchPrime: [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


Isaac132: I've realized that they really could 
not have chosen a worse person to research 


this object. | would strongly recommend that 
you resign immediately. 


BranchPrime: Please explain. 


BranchPrime: I'm surprised that you'd think 
that. 


Isaac132: It's written in glasses of water and 
daily Class-F paramedication, but don't worry 
about that. I'm trying to be as private as | can. 
You already know what | know. 


BranchPrime: What's your point? 
Isaac132: I'm sorry. 

Isaac132: And thank you. 
BranchPrime: For what? 


Isaac132: At last, I've found the meaning to life 
and existence. This entire universe was made 
for one specific, terrible purpose. I'm about to 
fulfill that purpose. 


Isaac132: SCP-1739 has nothing to do with 
exile or salvation. The lifeboat/sinking ship 
analogy that...the other one proposed is 
incorrect. SCP-1739's usage is responsible for 
the destruction of these universes in the first 
place. 


Isaac132: Ultimately, the animation in the third 
window is the key. It's nothing but a cheeky 
metaphor for the apocalypse. 


BranchPrime: What? 
Isaac132: Let me explain. 


Isaac132: | followed the plan. | knew the 


warning signs. | used them to see the end 
coming. It's no natural phenomenon. All signs 
seem to indicate that what's about to destroy 
us is actively malevolent. It comes out of time 
and space and tracks its prey. We can even 
see where it's last been: the universe that was 
destroyed in the previous experiment. 


Isaac132: The end is the dog. Something 
incomprehensibly terrible, in both senses of 
that word, something that can destroy an 
entire universe just by passing its shadow over 
it. 


Isaac132: But | could also see that somebody 
had chained the dog to the doghouse. 


BranchPrime: Wait. Why is there a problem if 
the dog is chained? 


Isaac132: I'm not quite sure about that 
question yet—not that | have the time to 
answer it, anyway. I'd guess that either the 
chains are too weak, the dog is too strong, or 
there are some things that even chains cannot 
hold. 


Isaac132: But the Foundation has encountered 
the same problem before, so we can infer 
what's happening here. We've contained items 
that can't be held entirely by chains. If we can't 
completely stop the object from doing 
something, if the object can find a way around 
whatever restrictions we place... 


Isaac132: Then sometimes the best bet is to 

take off the chains in a controlled setting, and 
let the object's anomalous properties manifest 
where they won't damage anything important. 


Isaac132: In this case, the dog is the object in 


containment. And SCP-1739 is a very 
elaborate and specifically designed special 
containment procedure operating on that same 
principle. 


BranchPrime: | think | understand. 


BranchPrime: Upon reflection, that's quite 
sickening. This device would send people back 
into the past, creating entire branch 
timelines... 


BranchPrime: As sacrificial distractions? To 
what end? 


Isaac132: Thrown balls in a game of fetch to 
keep the dog's energies in check. 


BranchPrime: Ah. 


BranchPrime: Well, as an employee of the 
Foundation, | can't complain, can |? 


Isaac132: You wouldn't complain either way. 


BranchPrime: ...yes, you're right. | am very 
selfish, after all. 


Isaac132: Oh, well. That's not the point. 


Isaac132: Somewhere there is a person living 
in a timeline where SCP-1739 never deposits 
a traveler from the future. This person very 
much does not want the mad dog to grow too 
restless. Your Foundation and your O5 Council 
should hope that they are existing in this 
timeline. 


Isaac132: Stop sending people back into the 
past. 


BranchPrime: All right. I'll forward this 


information to the O5 Council. Even if they 
don't object, it's a certainty that the Ethics 
Committee will. 


BranchPrime: How much time do you have 
left? 


Isaac132: A couple seconds. 


Isaac132: But | have spent my entire life 
patiently waiting 


Isaac132: And | have no intention of hurrying 
now. 


Isaac132: It's rather surreal for you, isn't it? 
BranchPrime: It is. 

BranchPrime: ...I'm envious. 

Isaac132: Haha. 

Isaac132: Well, it's been a pleasure 
lsaac132 has disconnected. 


Afterword: Following evaluation of the 
previous test logs, the O5 Council has 
transferred Dr. to a different project. Ethics 
Committee investigations are ongoing. 


Addendum-1739A: Operation Smokescreen is underway to prevent 
SCP-1739 from depositing travelers from the future. Research 
regarding SCP-1739's primary focus is to contribute to these efforts. 
Furthermore, the O5 Council has indefinitely banned any 
experimentation with SCP-1739 that involves sending travelers to 
the past. 


« SCP-1738 | SCP-1739 | SCP-1740 » 


SCP-1740: Playgrounded 


Item #: SCP-1740 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Warning signs are to be placed 
outside of SCP-1740, claiming it as structurally unstable. SCP-1740 
is to be surrounded by a 4 meter high wall, to prevent the viewing of 
SCP-1740-1. Any instance of SCP-1740-1 found attempting to exit 
SCP-1740 may be subdued through rope nets. Security personnel 
are to be stationed in nearby homes at - Street, and are to 
administer Class-C amnestics to any trespassing civilians. 


Description: SCP-1740 is a public playground in ; Jt 
contains standard recreational equipment, such as slides, ladders, 
mountable spring animals, and a swing set. Standard materials such 
as metal and plastic are present, though no anomalous properties 
surround the composition of any of the equipment in SCP-1740. 


SCP-1740's anomalous properties originate from its development of 
SCP-1740-1. A typical instance of SCP-1740-1 is an animate plastic 
mold of an animal, mounted upon a metal spring. There are 
currently 9 instances of SCP-1740-1 recorded to inhabit SCP-1740. 
Autonomous behavior will only occur with instances of SCP-1740-1 
if a human adolescent of less than 13 years in age comes within 1 
meter of SCP-1740. 


Upon nearing SCP-1740, two to three instances of SCP-1740-1 will 
immediately activate and bounce! towards the adolescent (hereby 
referred to as the subject), and will attempt to prevent them from 
leaving SCP-1740. It will accomplish this through repeatedly 
slamming into the subject. If the subject manages to avoid capture, 
SCP-1740-1 instances will pursue them as far as 20 meters before 
returning to SCP-1740. If the subject is compliant, instances of 
SCP-1740-1 will escort the subject underneath SCP-17402 and will 
begin to patrol the perimeter. 


Subjects will be imprisoned for an indefinite amount of time, as 
SCP-1740-1 instances display no fatigue or need for nourishment. 
Subjects will also be provided with water and meals by SCP-1740-1, 
though they are currently produced through unknown means. 
Instances of SCP-1740-1 appear to lack peripheral vision, making 
escape significantly easier for most subjects. However, subjects 
caught escaping will be forcefully escorted by at least four instances 
of SCP-1740-1, to what appears to be a miniature guillotine, 
incorporated into the swing set of SCP-1740. Approximately 1 cm 
portion of the subject's toe or finger will be sliced off as a 
repercussion. Medical supplies such as bandages are then provided 
by instances of SCP-1740-1. 


SCP-1740-A is a set of three wooden benches situated four meters 
from SCP-1740. Each bench is covered in green paint, and show 
average wear and damage consistent to being outdoors. SCP-1740- 
A's anomalous properties manifest whenever a human with a 
biological child sits on a bench; any other individual who does not 
meet these qualifications will not activate SCP-1740-A.