Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2203 is to be kept in a 
standard locker and powered down between tests. Use of SCP-2203 
is restricted solely for testing and not for any other purpose. Any 
information gathered from SCP-2203 must be logged in the 
experiment journal and is not to be acted upon without principal 
researchers’ consent. All requests for hiring decisions, vacation 
time, or transfers to different facilities strictly on SCP-2203's advice 
will be denied. Researchers are expected to review the personnel 
guide for Foundation policies regarding ethical behavior in 
relationships between employees before testing. 


Testing of the cards created by SCP-2203 using SCP-2236 has 
been approved, following review by Site Command. 


Description: SCP-2203 is a standard "Love Tester" amusement. 
The amusement is 1.9 m tall and is constructed from American 
chestnut (Castanea dentata) wood, brass, and glass, with a brass 
handgrip on the front and topped with a tall lightbox. Next to the grip 
on SCP-2203 is a brass plate, with the following engraved on it: 


Find the One for you! Test your love, and find that one 
special someone you are destined to spend the rest of 
your life with! Your sweetheart is waiting! 


On the back of the machine is a small plaque listing The Great 
Amusementology Company as the manufacturer. 


Similar to other love testers, when activated, the lightbox cycles 
through each light while a beeping melody is played. Based on the 
measured skin conductivity of the subject holding the handgrip, the 
lightbox indicates a supposed "score" of the subject's romantic 


appeal. The possible results are Please Try Again, Clammy, 
Harmless, Mild, Naughty but Nice, Wild, Burning, Passionate, Hot 
Stuff, and Uncontrollable. 


Unlike other love testers, SCP-2203 also dispenses a calling card, 
displaying the name and address of a person, along with a few 
words of advice about approaching said person. In all cases, the 
person mentioned has been proven to exist. Examination of the 
internal workings of SCP-2203 has been unable to ascertain the 
information source of the names and addresses, nor has any 
method of choosing a name been found. 


Subjects who approach the person named on the card report finding 
an easy bond between the two can be created, as if the subject 
implicitly understood the person. Subsequent interviews with the 
person approached also indicate a reciprocation of positive 
emotional connections with the subject. Sexual, romantic, and 
otherwise intimate relationships between the subject and the person 
have been determined by interview to be long-lasting, with marriage 
and full expectation of a happy life being common results. Both 
subject and person express lower cortisol levels and higher oxytocin 
and vasopressin levels in the event of a continuation of the bond. 


Testing has shown that the bond is non-anomalous in nature and 
can be disrupted. Tactics on the initial approach that suggest a lack 
of safety on the part of the person approached can dissuade the 
person from further interaction with the subject, as normal. 
Subsequent assaults or acts of betrayal once the bond has been 
established can dissolve the bond. The anomalous nature of 
SCP-2203 involves its ability to choose someone who reacts 
positively to the subject's personality, and does not impart any extra 
ability to strengthen the bond. 


Recovery Log: SCP-2203 was recovered on 14 February, 1973 
from in San Francisco, CA. Police were called to break 
up an arrest two individuals who were fighting in front of the object, 
which was in the corner of a room with similar amusements. A 
Foundation agent embedded in the police force investigated the 
claim from the altercators that one man's girlfriend was supposed to 
be the other's true mate, according to the object. The agent 
operated SCP-2203 and was given a card with the name and 


current address of a former girlfriend in St. Louis, MO. He reported 
the event to the Foundation and requested vacation time. 


Addendum 2203-A: Experiment Log 


Initial D-Class safety testing revealed no anomalous risks from 
SCP-2203 (See Safety Log 2203-1). Principal researcher Dr. 
Andrew Califano recommends testing with well-socialized subjects 
of up to Level 3 clearance. Permission granted. 


Experiment 2203-A-1 

Date: 17 February, 1973 

Subject: Dr. Andrew Califano 

Notes: Dr. Califano is married to Sylvia Califano, with two young 
children, Michael and Jocelyn. He reports a happy home. 
Score: Mild 

Card: 


~ 


Sylvia Califa 
Monte Vista, 
But you already kr 


~ 


Result: Sylvia Califano asked to come in for testing. 


Experiment 2203-A-2 

Date: 18 February, 1973 

Subject: Sylvia Califano 

Notes: Wife of Dr. Andrew Califano 
Score: Naughty but Nice 

Card: 


Andrew Calif 
Monte Vista, 
You two are so lovel 


~ 


Result: Testing confirms that perfect reciprocal matches are 
possible. 


Experiment 2203-A-14 

Date: 9 August, 1984 

Subject: Agent Ron Towson 

Notes: Subject is single and unattached. 
Score: Uncontrollable 

Card: 


~ 


Olivia Scarbor 
, Le 
Patience, frie 


~ 


Result: Agent Towson reported AWOL and disappeared on 15 
December, 1984. Subject was not located and not properly 
amnesticized before termination of employment. Tracking down of 
Agent Towson considered high priority as he is well trained in 
Foundation tactics and infiltration. On 25 December 1984, a 
domestic disturbance and an intruder at the home of Ms. 
Scarborough was reported to the West Yorkshire Police, and arrests 
were made. Due to political conditions between the UK and the 
Foundation at the time, the names of the arrested were never 


released. 


Containment procedures updated to forbid the use of SCP-2203 in 
hiring decisions, transfer requests, and vacation planning. 


Experiment 2203-A-26 

Date: 24 October, 1986 

Subject: Researcher Cathy Milnor 
Notes: Subject is single and unattached. 
Score: Wild 

Card: 


~ 


Oscar Hamil 
Zl 
He'd be a perfect g: 


Result: Mr. Hamilton has been selected as a match three times to 
different subjects. All three subjects were female, heterosexual, 
between 25-30 years of age, of similar height and build, scored high 
on openness and introversion personality characteristics, and had a 
Score parameter of Wild. 


Mr. Hamilton was not associated with the Foundation. O5 approval 
to approach him for testing was requested and approved. Upon 
initial interview, Mr. Hamilton reported to be engaged, and refused 
the offer to be tested with SCP-2203. He replied that he loves his 
fiancée and he would rather listen to his heart than any machine. 


Mr. Hamilton voluntarily took a Class B amnestic and was released 
without testing. 


Experiment 2203-A-45 
Date: 11 May, 1997 


253d: Use of SCP-500 in experiments with SCP-253 has been 
denied. 


253e: Use of SCP-427 in experiments with SCP-253 have been 
approved. Early results are not encouraging. Despite success using 
427 to treat other forms of cancer, in this instance, 427 appears to 
induce accelerated growth in both tumorous growths as well as in 
the patient. Subjects were terminated as they neared the critical 
threshold for use with 427. Request to take patients beyond the 
critical threshold is pending. 


« SCP-252 | SCP-253 | SCP-254 » 


Subject: Dr. Misaki Ohta 

Notes: Subject is single and unattached. Subject reports being 
asexual and aromantic. 

Score: Harmless 

Card: 


~ 


Karen Schm 
Room 459, Ne 
Relax, her art will sp 


~ 


Result: Subsequent contact with Ms. Schmidt has been to date 
positive. Dr. Ohta has provided considerable support for Ms. 
Schmidt's artworks and counts her as her best friend. 


Sexual and romantic orientation of subjects have been preserved in 
all cases. All identification of partners have proven compatible for 
the subject. 


Experiment 2203-A-67 

Date: 18 April 2003 

Subject: D-72234 

Notes: Subject is single and unattached. Noted to have history of 
domestic violence. Requested testing on SCP-2203. 

Score: Uncontrollable 

Card: 


~ 


You should have 


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SCP-2204: Triple Threat: Intracommunal Men of 
Obscurity 


Item #: SCP-2204 
Object Class: Keter (provisional) 


Special Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP-2204 is 
undertaken by the research team stationed in Oak Grove, Kentucky. 
Said team has managed to communicate the following: 


¢ Information of any kind regarding events transpiring in Oak 
Grove, even that which does not pertain to SCP-2204, is 
unreliable. 

* Containment of SCP-2204 is high-priority. 

* Containment of SCP-2204 is hazardous to personnel. 

¢ No meaningful research or containment of SCP-2204 is 

possible from outside of Oak Grove. 

Personnel assigned to SCP-2204 should be qualified to work 

with infohazards and antimemetics, resistant to 

cognitohazards, and of a personable disposition. 


For a list of funding and other resources requisitioned by the 
research team in Oak Grove, contact the budgeting office. 


Description: Information regarding SCP-2204 is incapable of 
leaving the town of Oak Grove, Kentucky. SCP-2204's nature and 
properties are thus known only to the research team in Oak Grove, 
so long as said team members remain in Oak Grove. 


A limited amount of indirect or very general information regarding 
SCP-2204 — that which is present in this document — has been 
communicated by the Oak Grove research team. 


Any information regarding SCP-2204 must be gained via an in- 
person visit to Oak Grove, Kentucky. 


Item #: SCP-2204 
Anomaly Class: Safe 


Research Procedures: SCP-2204 is restricted to the 
city of Oak Grove, Kentucky. SCP-2204 requires no 
particular containment procedures. SCP-2204-A is to be 
monitored for any unusual activity or change in 
anomalous nature. To this end, one agent is to pose as 
Triple Threat's manager. 


The mother of SCP-2204-A-1 through -3 has been 
informed of SCP-2204-A's anomalous properties (under 
the guise that personnel are working for the United 
States government), and has thus far been cooperative 
in assisting research. 


All documentation relating to SCP-2204 is held at 
Outpost 2204-A. Research personnel are to re- 
familiarize themselves with all SCP-2204-related 
documentation at least once per month. 


Description: SCP-2204 is an anomalous phenomenon 
surrounding SCP-2204-A and SCP-2204-B. SCP-2204-A 
is a group of five adolescent human males, age 17-24 at 
time of writing, residing in the town of Oak Grove, 
Kentucky: 


* SCP-2204-A-1: Martin Alvarez, age 19. 

* SCP-2204-A-2: Matthew "Matt" Alvarez, age 22. 
* SCP-2204-A-3: Michael Alvarez, age 22. 

* SCP-2204-A-4: Jerome Troier, age 24. 

* SCP-2204-A-5: Austin Betancourt, age 17. 


SCP-2204-A-1, -2, and -3 are siblings; SCP-2204-A-2 
and -3 are fraternal twins. None pose any particular risk 
to themselves or each other. 


SCP-2204-B refers to any works or communications 
produced by SCP-2204-A, either individually or in 
concert. 


SCP-2204-A, SCP-2204-B, and any information 
regarding either are incapable of leaving the town of Oak 
Grove, Kentucky. 


Physical objects (such as SCP-2204-A itself, 
physical media containing SCP-2204-B, etc.) will 
disappear upon reaching the boundary of Oak 
Grove and reappear in some appropriate location 
within the town's borders. 

Observers outside of the Oak Grove's border 
looking in at SCP-2204 experience a mirage-like 
effect that renders the information or entities in 
question unrecognizable. A similar effect occurs 
for sound, which is distorted to the point of being 
unrecognizable. This effect applies both to human 
observers and recording equipment. Those without 
prior knowledge of SCP-2204 will rarely recognize 
the effect as unusual. 

Individuals who leave Oak Grove immediately 
forget all information related to SCP-2204, with all 
pertinent memories being altered to contain 
different material to form a coherent narrative that 
does not include SCP-2204. This effect typically 
draws on material from the individual's own 
experience.! This effect is reversed upon returning 
to Oak Grove. 

Attempts to transmit SCP-2204-B or SCP-2204-B- 
related data electronically outside of Oak Grove 
results in a malfunction either in the device 
sending the data or the device receiving it, 
preventing the transmission. The nature of the 
malfunction varies, though any error message that 
appears will be replaced with "Groovy, baby!". 


The exact parameters that delineate what information 
can or cannot leave Oak Grove are unknown. A very 
limited amount of information has been communicated to 
the SCP Foundation at large — see the primary 
documentation of SCP-2204 in the main SCP database. 


SCP-2204 possesses a secondary cognitohazardous 
effect on persons who observe anomalous activity 
resulting from SCP-2204 or who are exposed to 
information regarding it. Over the course of five to seven 
weeks, affected subjects manifest a general disinterest in 
SCP-2204's anomalous properties, typically considering 
them unusual (and, in some cases, acknowledging their 
apparent supernatural qualities), but not find them 
noteworthy. After nine weeks, no subject has voluntarily 
attempted any action that would trigger SCP-2204's 
anomalous properties. 


These cognitohazardous effects are dissipated by 
regular exposure to information that calls attention to 
SCP-2204's anomalous properties, such as this 
document. The effects are substantially more difficult to 
reverse in subjects who are native to Oak Grove or who 
enjoy the music of Triple Threat. 


SCP-2204-A's members together comprise the members 
of the hip-hop group Triple Threat, with SCP-2204-A-1 
and -4 responsible for production, SCP-2204-A-2 and -3 
responsible for writing and performing vocals, and 
SCP-2204-A-5 acting as a turntablist. The group has 
thus far released two mixtapes (Spy vs. Spy and 
JAGUAR) and one self-titled aloum. Due to its high- 
quality music and acclaimed live show, Triple Threat is 
popular among citizens of Oak Grove. 


SCP-2204's anomalous properties initially manifested at 
some point in 2009, when SCP-2204-A-1 through -3 
began to write music and began calling themselves 
Triple Threat. SCP-2204-A-4 and -5, longtime friends of 
the trio, were added in 2012 and were thereafter subject 
to SCP-2204's anomalous properties. 


SCP-2204 retained its anomalous properties for the 
duration of a temporary dissolution of Triple Threat over 
interpersonal and creative disputes in 2014. It is thus 
presumed that SCP-2204's anomalous properties, while 
likely initiated by Triple Threat, are independent of its 


existence. 


SCP-2204 was discovered by chance in 2013. While the 
Foundation at large is entirely ignorant of the nature of 
SCP-2204, it has continued to provide funding for 
containment efforts and personnel as requested by 
Outpost 2204-A under the advisement of the 
Antimemetics department. 


Addendum: Note from Dr. Bavitz, SCP-2204 head 
researcher. 


SCP-2204 is, as you've probably realized by 
now, self-containing. The chance of the 
"outside world" learning about it is effectively 
zero. The population of Oak Grove leads lives 
that are completely normal in every important 
aspect. There's nothing to suggest that either 
of these are changing any time soon. 


If the Foundation was capable of knowing what 
we do here, there's no chance that they would 
bother funding it. If you feel that your talents 
would be better used elsewhere, or that 
deceiving the Foundation in this way is 
somehow immoral, feel free to request a 
transfer — we're not afraid that you'll give up 
our secret, obviously. | should note, however, 
that this assignment is about as low-risk as it 
gets, and you'll feel healthier not getting 
amnesticized who-knows-how-often. At least, 
that's what | think it is.