Dr. Owens: Walk closer to it while reading your meter. 


D-19910: It's decreasing very slowly as | walk towards it. 
What's going- 


[There is the sound akin to a small explosion, and heavy 
microphone feedback shortly after.] 


D-19910: [microphone crackling] It's...gone? The corner 
is normal again, but there's a bunch of junk on the floor. 
Papers, and...food wrappers? It's just garbage. Hey, 
wait. My meter is reading one hume again. 


Dr. Owens: Good, that's...good. Get the papers, put 
them in the provided envelope within your pack and keep 
moving. 


D-19910: Okay. I'm in another hallway, but there's just 
one door at the end. I'm going in. 


D-19910: Oh, wow. I'm in the school's art room. Did you 
say this was an elementary school back in the day? 


Dr. Owens: Yes, that's correct. Why? 


D-19910: There's a bunch of self portraits and...statues 
on the walls and furniture. They're pretty great, especially 
for kids. | got a few pictures. 


Dr. Owens: Is that all that's in there? Anything else? 


D-19910: Nah, just school supplies and the like. Hold on, 
doc...the whispering and crying seem louder. Where's it 
coming from? 


Dr. Owens: D-19910, investigate the self-portraits. 


D-19910: Why? They're just...oh, shit. Doctor, they're 
moving. 


Dr. Owens: Try and speak to one. 


D-19910: Is this some sort of joke? [to SCP-3050-A 
instances] Hey, can y'all hear me? 


SCP-3050-A: [No response. ] 


D-19910: I'm leaving, this is a waste of time. It's just 
some dumb magic trick. [There is the sound of a small 
crash.] 


SCP-3050-A: [Childlike screaming. ] 


D-19910: Oh, God. I-I tripped and landed on a table with 
one of the...the things in it. Doc, they're- 


Dr. Owens: Just carefully exit the facility. We need those 
documents. 


SCP-3050-A: [Screams, pleas for help from multiple 
voices. | 


D-19910: [Sounds of retching.] I'm sorry, I'm sorry! 
<End log.> 


Approximately two minutes after the last transmission, 
D-19910 emerged from SCP-3050 through the main 
entrance in a panicked state. Subject scanned for active 
cognitohazards (clean) and Class B amnestics 
administered. D-19910 was reassigned to Project and 
no incidents have been reported. 


Recovered Documents 


Description: SCP-373 is an antique disc phonograph player. 
Markings on the machine indicate it was built in 191 ; an additional 
label indicates that the device was modified in late 194 ata facility 
called" —_ Laboratories, Inc." The device is composed of a crank- 
operated turntable embedded in a wooden case, a tone arm with an 
aluminum stylus, and a slightly tarnished silver horn. 


SCP-373 appears to have the ability to modify the audio of any 
record played on it according to particular patterns. Specifically, 
research has demonstrated that approximately every fourth word or 
phrase will be altered from the originally-recorded song or 
monologue. These new words can be organized sequentially to 
reveal what appear to be messages or statements from a series of 
unknown entities. These entities have been named SCP-373-AX 
(with "X" to be replaced with a numerical identification as entities are 
discovered). The entity is able to communicate for the duration of 
each instance of the playing of the record; upon the next playing of 
the same record, the same entity will begin speaking, but will claim 
not to recall the previous conversation. 


Due to the stilted nature of the communication, it is rare for the 
entities to communicate any significant amount of information to 
Foundation researchers before the end of the record. However, 
research has demonstrated that two-way communication is possible, 
by lifting the needle from the record while it spins and speaking into 
the horn. Any attempt at useful communication requires both parties 
speak while the record spins at the speed at which optimal playback 
was intended; all SCP-373-A entities report that speaking into the 
horn with the record slowed or stopped results in a high-pitched 
squeal for the entity, and vice versa. 


Testing with anomalies such as SCP-043 and SCP-1668 did not 
initially produce data. However, analysis of audio taken during 
testing has shown the presence of at least two distinct breathing 
patterns being broadcast from SCP-373. Further scheduled testing 
is currently under consideration. 


Addendum 373-1: Abridged Log of SCP-373-A Entities 


Entity: SCP-373-A3 
Runthrough #: 1 


Note: following documents recovered within the library of SCP-3050. 
Translated from Latin for brevity. Control of SCP-3050 delegated to 
Site-38. -Senior Researcher Bradley 


HUMANE EXECUTION CHAMBER BUILT 
In the name of Caesar 


For the people by the students of Alexylva University 


HAIL CAESAR 


BY THE ORDER OF CAESAR 


Cease operation of Alexylva execution chamber immediately. 
Capitol Citadel is detecting reality boreholes within the vicinity 
of the facility. 


Humane death is not our priority. 


HAIL CAESAR 


QUARANTINE WARNING 


by Caesar 


Former site of Alexylva execution chamber is inhospitable. 
Surrounding district's reality has been rendered unstable. 
Evacuate immediately to avoid permanent [DATA ILLEGIBLE]. 


EVACUATION SHUTTLES LOCATED AT ENTELLA 
STATION, FORUM LIBRARY AND PEDUM GENERAL 
STORE. 


HAIL CAESAR 


My Lord Caesar, 


Work is under way to study and revert the effects of the 
Alexylva execution chamber. As of [DATE REDACTED] 
at least [DATA EXPUNGED] persons are in limbo within 
its walls. 

All we know as of now is that the anti-reality generators 
are sending and receiving input from other worlds at 
seemingly random intervals. Perhaps someone is still 
running it. Regardless, we are doing all we can to access 
the machines and put a stop to them. 


Please send orders regarding the fate of the students 
responsible for this disaster. 


! am your humble servant. 
Governor Cornelius, New World District IV 


Footnotes 
1. one (1) Romangradus 


SCP-3051: Revenge of the Human Rights Lobbyists 


Item #: SCP-3051 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Foundation web crawlers are to 
monitor the communications of government officials worldwide, 
flagging sudden shifts in policy position for further review. If upon 
further investigation the official in question is found to have met with 
a known or suspected agent of the Manna Charitable Foundation 
within a short time frame of the opinion shift, Foundation agents are 
to administer the official Class-A or Class-B amnestics depending on 
the length of time since suspected exposure.! Private and public 
statements contrary to previous views are to be suppressed or 
discredited when applicable. 


The Memetics division has been instructed to develop an easily 
distributed inoculation to SCP-3051's effects. Research towards this 
goal is ongoing. 


Description: SCP-3051 is a weaponized cognitohazard employed 
by the Manna Charitable Foundation to induce artificial personality 
changes in government officials opposed to their humanitarian 
agenda. The transmission vector is known to be contained on paper, 
though whether the vector is text or an image is presently unknown. 


When exposed to SCP-3051, affected individuals abruptly shift their 
views on one or more issues. In contrast to standard changes of 
opinion, SCP-3051 events are marked by the sudden and 
unexplained acceptance of policies diametrically opposed to 
previous views. Affected subjects will rapidly become in favor of 
increases in foreign aid spending, egalitarian governance 
philosophies, compliance with international human rights norms, and 
various other viewpoints associated with humanitarian or socially 
liberal ideologies. 


In close proximity to nearly all suspected SCP-3051 events, subjects 
met with one or more lobbyists representing a non government 
organization (NGO). Further investigation determined that these 
individuals were in actuality lobbyists for the Manna Charitable 
Foundation, who were using non-anomalous charities as cover to 
contact government officials whose opinions they wished to sway. 
As these agents are able to disguise themselves as civilian lobbyists 
using anomalous means, direct prevention of access has proven 
difficult. 


Incident 3051-01: On / /2017, Foundation personnel investigating 
SCP- inadvertently discovered an in-progress SCP-3051 event in 
the Rayburn House Office Building. The Manna lobbyist, later 
identified as Senior External Relations Director Adotei , was 
taken into custody alongside an active vector of SCP-3051. was 
released 48 hours later as per the terms of the 1995 Kigali Accord 
between Manna and the Foundation. 


Interviewed: Adotei _, designated POI-5442 for the 
purposes of this interview. 


Interviewer: Agent Lauren Dietz 
<Begin Log> 


Agent Dietz: Hello Mr. =. My name is Agent Dietz and 
I'd like to ask you a few questions regarding your 
meeting with Representative 


POI-5442: Feel free to ask, though | can't promise I'll 
actually answer. | know my rights. 


Agent Dietz: I'll cut directly to the chase then. The 
cognitohazard: What is it, how does it work, and why 
would Manna make use of that kind of weapon? It 
doesn't exactly fit your profile. 


POI-5442: | decline to answer. 


Agent Dietz: Don't play games with me. You're 
effectively brainwashing government officials. How 


exactly does that mesh with your Mother Theresa act? 
Subject begins to laugh for several seconds. 


POI-5442: Is that what you think we're doing? Turning 
people into puppets with magic compulsion? We're a 
human rights NGO, not a bad horror film. 


Agent Dietz: Chuckle all you want, but we're well aware 
you're using a cognitohazard. If it isn't a compulsion 
agent then just what is it you're using on these people? 


POI-5442: You know, I've done this sort of thing a long 
time. In our business, no matter what we do behind the 
scenes, the actions of people and governments in the 
public eye always wind up affecting more lives in the 
end. | used to meet with so many privileged, apathetic 
officials and watch as they ruined lives. | always believed 
that if they could only see the consequences of their 
choices, the world might be a better place. 


Agent Dietz: The point being? 
POI-5442: | decline to answer. 
<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Subject refused to answer any 
further questions and was later transferred to Manna 
custody without incident. 


Addendum A 


Prepared by the Department 
of Science - Memetics and 
Infohazards Division 


Subject: Memetic Inoculation Progress 


Consulted Resources: Dr. Zachary Ekshun 


Findings: Following acquisition of an active vector of 
SCP-3051, the sample was provided to the Memetics 
and Infohazards division for study. Dr. Ekshun has 
prepared the following report on progress towards a 
memetic inoculation against SCP-3051. 


Well, this one has been a doozy. For starters, 
its potency has made it difficult to work with. 
We've had seven different researchers break 
down, two of which tried to free the Site's stock 
of D-class. Thank Christ for amnestics. 


Once we managed to examine it safely, it only 
got more interesting. The vast majority of 
cognitohazards work by altering perception, 
with most of the remainder acting as some 
type of summoning for an anomalous entity. 
As far as we can tell, this one just adds 
information to a person's brain, no perception 
changes at all. This is the sort of thing you 
usually see in a memetic hazard, but the 
added information itself isn't anomalous and 
can't act as a spread vector for itself. Off the 
top of my head, the only other coghaz we've 
dealt with that has a similar effect is 
SCP-3600, but the mechanics of that one are 
completely different. 


| can say with high certainty that this wasn't 
something Manna developed in house. I've 
seen the pain relieving cognitohazards they 
use in war zones, and the subliminal matrix on 
SCP-3051 is eons more complicated. 
Normally, MC&D would be my first guess for a 
purchased hazard, but this is well beyond 
them as well. Even for us, reverse engineering 
it to make an inoculation will be difficult. If this 
were the only project we were working on it 
would probably be done in a few months. 


Seeing as we're swamped, | estimate it'll be 2 
years minimum before we have a counter 
meme ready. 


The really impressive bit is that, from what | 
can tell, the ultimate source of the info isn't the 
anomaly itself. We did a few lab tests to 
confirm, and it appears SCP-3051 actually 
takes present, accurate information from other 
living humans and puts it into the mind of the 
subject exposed to it. 


Bottom line is that whatever these people wind 
up learning is causing the personality changes, 
rather than any cognitive influence from the 
anomaly itself. And honestly, that scares me 
way more than your run of the mill compulsion 
coghaz ever could. 


Senior Researcher Zack Ekshun 


P.S. Attached is an image of the vector that 
should be safe to view. We've taken out some 
physical details, removed important chunks of 
the subliminal matrix, and made the image 
greyscale. That said, | wouldn't view it without 
a cognitive resistance score of at least a 2.0. 
Better safe than screwed. 


+ Show Attachment 


Footnotes 

1. Specifically, class-B amnestics are effective within 3 days of 
exposure while class-A amnestics have proven able to reverse 
effects within 10 days. 


SCP-3052: Disturbed 


Item #: SCP-3052 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3052-1 is to be kept ina 
Standard Humanoid Containment Chamber. SCP-3052-1's 
containment is to be constantly monitored via video surveillance by 
Level 2 staff or higher. SCP-3052-1 is allowed one session with the 
on-site psychologist per week. These sessions are to be observed 
via surveillance by Level 2 staff or higher. Any requests made by 
SCP-3052-1 must be directed to and approved by a Level 4 staff 
member or higher. Experiments involving showing SCP-3052-1 
recordings of SCP-3052-2 instances are currently pending approval. 


Description: SCP-3052 is the collective designation for two entities, 
SCP-3052-1 and SCP-3052-2. SCP-3052-1 is a humanoid entity 
with an appearance similar to that of a crudely drawn, copper- 
colored stick figure, standing approximately 1.85 meters in height. 
Two circular holes in SCP-3052-1's head, approximately 9 
centimeters in diameter, appear to function as eyes. SCP-3052-1 is 
believed to be two-dimensional. However, it was discovered that any 
subject viewing SCP-3052-1 will perceive it as facing them directly, 
no matter which angle or direction the subject views it from. 
Therefore, its true dimensions can not be determined. X-Rays have 
shown that SCP-3052-1 lacks a skeletal structure, as well as 
organs. Analysis of samples taken from SCP-3052-1 shows that it is 
composed of a mixture of spray paint, acrylic paint, and human 
blood. Despite a lack of visible hands, SCP-3052-1 is capable of 
holding and manipulating most objects. SCP-3052-1 lacks a visible 
mouth, and has not expressed a need for food or water. As of 
writing, SCP-3052-1 has only expressed a need for sleep (See 
Interview Log 3052-11). 


SCP-3052-1 is incapable of vocalizing. However, it can 
communicate via words that it visually manifests near its head for a 


period ranging from seven to ten seconds before dematerializing. 
These words are seemingly composed of the same substances that 
make up SCP-3052-1, and retain the property of facing viewers 
directly. SCP-3052-1 has demonstrated a wide vocabulary, yet it 
prefers manifesting only a few words at a time. SCP-3052-1 claims 
to suffer from various mental illnesses, including depression, 
anxiety, and mild schizophrenia. This was confirmed after an 
interview with the on-site psychologist. SCP-3052-1 is currently 
attending weekly therapy sessions.