Procedure: D-1176 and D-5327 are givena 
waterproof radio, an inflatable raft with a 
motor, two months of provisions for two 
individuals and other supplies. They are 
instructed to enter the water at the same 
location as D-8872 and then briefly submerge 
themselves for thirty seconds. After 
submerging, they are then to inflate the raft, 
and then to explore the encountered area, 


being in constant, excruciating pain. Over the next two (2) to five (5) 
months, symptoms include: 


¢ Shrinkage of organ systems 
¢ Reshaping of the skeletal system 
¢ Rapid decrease in intellect 


This process can last between two (2) and five (5) months, after 
which subjects are referred to as SCP-306-1. 


Instances of SCP-306-1 on average weigh 25-30kg, measuring 
0.5m in length. SCP-306-1 have an appearance similar to 
amphibians, but correspond to no known species. Autopsies of 
deceased SCP-306-1 specimens have revealed that internal 
structures remain morphologically similar to human organs following 
metamorphosis. Instances appear to enjoy human presence, and 
actively attempt to gain contact when in human presence. 
SCP-306-1 remain extremely infectious, with any direct physical 
contact resulting in infection by SCP-306. SCP-306-1 are capable of 
reproduction in a similar manner to Agalychnis callidryas. 


SCP-306 was discovered in [REDACTED] Louisiana in a swampy 
area when locals reported a colony of unknown amphibious 
creatures, coupled with a string of unexplained disappearances. 
Foundation agents were deployed to the scene to investigate, 
leading to the objects discovery. Since this event, additional 
SCP-306 outbreaks have been found in the south-eastern United 
States. 


SCP-306 is treatable with polyene and triazole antifungals in early 
stages resistant to nearly all treatment, with the exception of high 
heat. See Addenda. 


Addendum 1: Testing on SCP-306 has shown the fungus to be able 
to grow in nearly all biological matter, including most vertebrates. 
However, only humans have been shown to develop any deleterious 
effects from infection. Due to the possibility of a major outbreak, 

Dr. is requesting increased funding for research into SCP-306. 


Addendum 2: Memo from Site- Director , / /198 


sending regular radio reports to the 
Foundation. 


BEGIN LOG 


D-5327: Hello, command! 5327 and 1176 
here! We've set up our raft, hooked up the 
motor, rigged up the solar power thingy, and 
we're setting off now. 


D-1176: Our plan was to sail due north until 
we saw something of note, like land, another 
ship, or really anything. We'll make regular 
reports every couple of days, but like, that 
whole schedule you guys wanted of every 
day? Too much. Nothing you can do to stop 
us, SO we're sticking it to the man! 


D-5237: As you can tell, we're radical 
anarchists. 


D-1176: So, we've been sailing for about three 
days now. Haven't see anything yet. 


D-5237: Well, there was that gyre of corpses. 


D-1176: Oh yeah, but that was on the first day 
and they had told us to expect it. 


D-5237: True. Other than that, nothing. We 
didn't see the other boat that you guys sent in 
here. 


D-1176: Okay, it's been a week now. Still 
nothing. 


D-5237: Well, we've found an excessive 
amount of boredom. 


D-1176: Nothing other than that! 


D-1176: Two weeks now, nothing but 


boredom, like last time. 


D-5237: That aurora was pretty nice, though. It 
seems odd to see it where we are. 


D-1176: It was weird, now that you mention it. 


D-1176: Four weeks now, we've made the 
decision to only check in when something 
interesting happens. 


D-5327: We caught a fish! 


D-1176: Yeah, one little fish swam into our 
nets. My theory is that there are other ways to 
get to this endless sea, and little fishy got into 
one. 


D-5327: My theory is that we're eating fish for 
dinner tonight. 


D-1176: Six weeks. We've still only caught the 
one fish, and | really think we're wasting time 
and energy fishing. 


D-5327: What better use for our time do we 
have? 


D-1176: We could be trying to navigate! Find a 
way out! 


D-5237: We're going to run out of food in two 
weeks! 


D-1176: So we need to get out in those two 
weeks. 


D-5237: We both know that won't happen! 


D-1176: | haven't given up yet, unlike you, 
apparently. 


D-5237: I'm just being rational! 


D-1176: No you're not! I'm the one who's 
being rational! 


D-5237: Turn the radio off. They don't need to 
hear this. 


D-5327: Uh, 1176 fell off the boat last night. |, 
uh, tried to help rescue him, | couldn't. He 
must have drowned. He's definitely dead. So 
it'll only be me from now on, and that's why. I'll 
still carry on north. 


D-5327: It's lonely out here, since 1176 died. 


D-5237: It's really boring now, specially since 
he's gone. He was my friend. How could | 
have ... not saved him. 


D-5237: There's nothing here. Not even 
clouds. 


D-5327: Command, | see a boat in the 
distance. I'm motoring the raft closer as we 
speak, but I'm already getting a weird sense 
from it. It looks like a schooner, like the 
Mayflower or something. | think it might be a 
mirage. 


D-5327: The boat's not a mirage, I'm aboard it. 
It took me a couple tries, but | was able to 
throw one of those harpoons you gave me into 
the side and climb aboard on the rope. This is 
a real schooner, it looks like. Got a couple 
masts, sails and everything. Pretty weird to 
see something like this. 


D-5327: I've been walking around the ship, 
and it's pretty much completely deserted. No 
people or bodies. I'm going into the kitch - 


woah. Okay, so scratch that about the no 
bodies. Looks like there are a bunch of 
skeletons in the kitchen. I'm no forensic expert, 
but it looks like they had to resort to 
cannibalism too. 


D-5327: Just entered the captain's quarters, 
and | found the one last body. He, uh, shot 
himself. It's really messy. There's a captain's 
log here, I'll start reading it and seeing what's 


up. 


D-5327: Uh, so still reading the log. But there's 
just one really weird thing about this whole 
thing. | love maps, and I'm not recognizing any 
of these. Well, | recognize the geography - it's 
the Mediterranean - but the countries aren't 
the same. Like, at all. Some of the cities are 
the same - | see Rome, Athens and Barcelona 
are all here. But the countries are different - 
there's a Monacan Empire, Carthage is still 
around and is on here. The map says it's from 
1883, so it's not like it's just super old. 


D-5327: Okay, so it seems that these guys set 
out from Rome and were going to be trading 
with Carthage. That's weird, right? Anyway, 
they got caught in a really big storm, and | 
think when that sucked them into this place. 
That's what they think, anyway. They couldn't 
find any land, after sailing north and south for 
months. 


D-5327: The other weird thing is that this 
captain's corpse is definitely not a hundred 
years old. Like, if | had to guess... I'd saya 
couple days, maybe? It seems pretty fresh... 


D-5327: So, the big thing here is that these 
guys never found anything here. They only 
caught a couple fish, because | guess fish can 


Footnotes 


get stuck here too. They've got almost over a 
year of searching. Nothing about ever finding 
another ship, nothing about any land, anything. 


D-5327: Even with the boost in rations and 
food | got after I-1176[sic] died, | only have 
about... week, week and a half remaining? | 
was on the raft for a while. I'll stay on this big 
ship until then, but... | don't want to starve to 
death. 


D-5327: Hey, it's been a while since | checked 
in. Uh, nothing major happened over the last 
ten days. I'm out of food now even getting the, 
uh, last of what was on this ship. If these guys 
couldn't get out... | don't think I'd be able to 
either. 


D-5327: I've given up on fishing. Even if | did 
catch anything, it would just be delaying the 
inevitable. Also, I'm not going to drink 
anything. | think that'll make it faster. 


D-5327: My skin itches. My tongue is cracking. 
My stomach hurts. When is it going be over? 


D-5237: It hurts to talk. This'll be my last call. 
Please tell my family | love them. 


END LOG 


1. This transmission was received on Day 13. 


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SCP-2685: Thinking in Abstraction 


Artifact #: SCP-2685 
Artifact Class: In doubt 


Artifact Protocol: SCP-2685 is found in a room of a Foundation 
habitat in Ontario, Canada. Nobody may know of its words, sans D 
Class in trials. Habitat Command must know if SCP-2685 is in 
activation. Transcriptions of SCP-2685 must avoid using a particular 
symbol, 5th in 2016 Anglo-Saxon writing. 


Account of SCP-2685: SCP-2685 is a philosophy book, copyright 
1966, known as Thinking in Abstraction. An author, if any, of 
SCP-2685 is unknown. SCP-2685 lacks Anglo-Saxon Symbol #5 in 
its writing, and as a ramification, is stylistically unusual. 


Any individual who knows of SCP-2685 and accounts of it using 
Anglo-Saxon Symbol #5 will display unusual thoughts and actions 
(anomalous traits will also afflict individuals who know of it via this 
account). Individuals will forcibly do basic tasks in confusing and 
anomalous ways. A log of such actions follows (this log omits 
individuals with an honorific containing Anglo-Saxon Symbol #5): 


Mr. Ryan Chang: His lunch, a pizza and a soft drink, 
was anomalously put 2m in mid-air. Mr. Chang could 
only swallow said pizza by standing on his chair whilst 
food was in orbit. 


Mrs. Mary Johndottir: All fiction and non-fiction books 
Mary had known, or would know of, had words and 
symbols about fascism as a main focus. Mark Twain's 
Roughing It, if Mary could fathom its words, was about a 
militant youth group Twain was a part of in 1850s 
California and its strong opposition to Spanish 
immigrants. 


Dr. John Griffin, MD: Dr. Griffin was found dismissing 
all known proscriptions for ill individuals involving 
hospitals, and was advocating curing constipation by 
sacrificing salad to Odin on a pagan altar. 


Writing about SCP-2685 cannot contain words using Anglo-Saxon 
Symbol #5, but with said symbol inconspicuous to vision: 
transcriptions must conform to grammatically sound Anglo-Saxon 
without symbol #5, or anomalous actions will occur. A portion of 
SCP-2685 that is non-anomalous is an introduction in it. A partial 
transcription of said introduction follows: 


Introduction 


... Humanity is boring. You don't want to conform to that. 
By taking Thinking in Abstraction into your brain, into 
your soul, your programming will go away. Your mind will 
brilliantly lack its chains, in an instant... 


...but you must know: | do this to you, voluntarily or 
involuntarily. Drastic action must occur for you to go on 
similar a path that | did. Your mind, allowing its thoughts 
to apply to your surroundings without constraint, will truly 
know its ability. And it will know a window to a Hiding 
World... 


...as a Start, you will not know of this book with a symbol 
rhyming with "B". If you do, bad things will occur. 


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SCP-2686: Moon Wizard 


Item #: SCP-2686 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to its static and distant 
nature, complete containment of SCP-2686-1 and subsequently 
SCP-2686 is not at this time feasible. However, as a result of 
SCP-2686-1's proximity to Outpost Thoth-1, observation equipment 
has been located near SCP-2686-1 and personnel are to observe 
the area for any significant changes in conditions or unusual 
behavior on the part of SCP-2686. Additionally, personnel from 
Outpost Thoth-1 are to travel via assigned rover to SCP-2686-1 ona 
weekly basis in order to evaluate the status of SCP-2686. All images 
captured of SCP-2686-1 by non-Foundation organizations are to be 
edited in accordance with Security Regulation Document Thoth-1-F. 


Description: SCP-2686 is an adult male human, estimated to be 
approximately 75 years of age, currently located at [REDACTED] 
within Mare Imbrium on the lunar surface. This location is 
designated as SCP-2686-1 and is detailed below. SCP-2686 is itself 
not visibly biologically anomalous, though has claimed in past 
interviews to possess anomalous capabilities, primarily those 
generally assigned in Welsh traditions originating in the Early Middle 
Ages as belonging to a magician or wizard. These anomalous 
abilities include the ability to travel large distances instantaneously, 
the ability to project energy towards a target, the ability to transform 
its body at will into the shape of various animals, and several others. 
None of the abilities have at any point been observed by Foundation 
personnel. 


SCP-2686 has, as of time of writing, only been seen to wear a single 
blue-green robe of coarse wool, and a small grey nightcap. 
SCP-2686 is also known to at all times carry a moderately sized 
(85-90cm) piece of oak wood which it uses as a walking cane. The 
entity will respond to most lines of inquiry, but will not answer any 


questions regarding its origins or nature in a direct manner, instead 
attempting to change the line of discussion to subjects of religion, 
mythology, folklore, philosophy, or historical events (both anomalous 
and mundane). The entity acts in a non-hostile manner when 
interviewed, but will refuse any suggestions by Foundation 
personnel that it leave SCP-2686-1. 


SCP-2686-1 is a spherical area of a radius of 45m located at 
[REDACTED] on the lunar surface. The area has been reported by 
SCP-2686 to possess an atmosphere identical to that of Earth, but 
this cannot be confirmed due to the nature of the region. Objects 
which enter the area of SCP-2686-1 are immediately transported to 
the opposite side of the region without interacting with the 
intervening space. SCP-2686 has reported that this effect does not 
persist on the inside of SCP-2686-1. The area encompassed by 
SCP-2686-1 contains a large amount of soil and grass, along with 
various trees (primarily oak and ash), as well as a small residence 
constructed of a mixture of wood, thatch, and stone. The exact 
architecture of the structure does not specifically match any styles 
found on Earth, although the design is in line with what would be 
required by a single person living in a rural area. SCP-2686 has at 
several points been observed to produce food from within the 
structure, including fresh meats! and fruits which could not 
reasonably have been acquired in the area or stored for the amount 
of time which SCP-2686-1 has been under observation. When 
questioned about this, SCP-2686 has claimed that said food was 
acquired by a cat apparently named "Commodore Buckles", which 
SCP-2686 referred to as its "animal companion". This entity has at 
no time been observed by Foundation personnel, or by autonomous 
observation equipment. 


Interviewed: SCP-2686 
Interviewer: Agent 


Foreword: As part of initial containment, Foundation 
personnel were tasked with interviewing the entity in an 
attempt to establish its history. The following interview 
was conducted by personnel stationed at Outpost 
Thoth-1 three days following the discovery of 
SCP-2686-1. 


<Begin Log> 
: Hello, sir. Do you mind if | ask your name? 


SCP-2686: (Shouting) | am known as the Great Wizard 
Nyperius, Lord of the Moon and Stars above! 


: | see. And could you describe for me how it is you 
came to reside on the surface of the moon? 


SCP-2686: (Shouting) You dare question me, mortal 
man? 


: If you don't want to tell us that's perfectly alright. 
Now, moving on- 


SCP-2686: (Speaking normally) Wait, wait. You're giving 
up just like that? Don't even want to ask me for my 
ancient wisdom? Maybe seek the secrets of the stars, 
and of your (shouting) future?