The largest instance of SCP-2198, forming over the majority of the 
Antarctic Circle, was observed to precipitate frozen human lacrimal 
fluid, colloquially Known as tears. It is to be of note that the basic 
shape of this SCP-2198 instance appeared to directly correlate with 
the shape of the ozone hole above the same area. 


Secondary instances of SCP-2198, forming above the 
aforementioned countries, were observed to precipitate human 
saliva at an above-average speed of 56km/h. Secondary instances 
of SCP-2198 did not exceed volumes of 200m<3, and invariably 
manifested above factories manufacturing fire extinguishers, air 
conditioners, solvents, and aerosols. 


After secondary instances of SCP-2198 had been identified, the 


factories beneath were thereupon located; multiple collaborative 
Task Forces were selectively nominated to isolate the industrial 
units in question, clear as many traces of saliva as possible, and 
administer Class-A to -C amnestics accordingly. Similar actions 
were taken in the Antarctic to collect a limited amount of lacrimal 
fluid while precipitation from the primary instance of SCP-2198 was 
still occurring; collection proved less successful due to the fact that 
the fluid manifested in the form of minute hailstones, either resulting 
in total pulverisation upon impact against ice, or general loss to the 
masses of snow within the surrounding area. 


Analysis has confirmed the presence of DNA from over 
individuals within the stored saliva and lacrimal fluid samples; DNA 
fingerprint data shows that approximately 97% of individuals 
identified in this way are deceased, with existing post-mortem 
documentation either confirming or indicating that cause of death for 
92% of these individuals was fatal self-infliction on the date of / 
/2007. The total number of individuals identifiable from the samples 
cannot be ascertained due to the aforementioned partial losses of 
both samples. An additional 2% have been confirmed missing. The 
remaining 1% have been identified and located, but the majority of 
individuals have not been approached (see Addendum). 


Addendum: The following is a transcribed interview with 
the first living individual identified from collected samples. 


Interviewer: Senior Researcher H. Hamlin 
Interviewee: 


<Begin Log> 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: Are you familiar with 
this? 


Researcher Hamlin produces a diagrammatical 
representation of SCP-2198's primary cloud, detailing the 
shape of the cloud and its spread across the Antarctic. 


: It's a picture showing the hole in the ozone 
layer. That's all | can see. 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: Are you familiar with any 
of the following; [REDACTED]; [REDACTED] Industrial 
Complex; [REDACTED] Square Works; 


[TRANSCRIPT REDACTED FOR BREVITY] 


: No. I'm not familiar with any of those names at 
all. 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: Do you have a vested 
interest in, or any specialist knowledge pertaining to, 
ozone depletion, the Antarctic, or the manufacture of 
items containing chlorofluorocarbons, 
hydrofluorocarbons, or halons? 


: No, not at all. | told you, I'm a [REDACTED]. 
That's not my line of work. 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: Have you ever 
participated in any clinical trials, or donated blood, blood 
platelets, bone marrow, sperm, or organs to any party 
that did not wholly specify the reasons as to why you 
would be doing so? 


: No. 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: Have you recently been 
asked to purposefully cry or salivate, for any purpose 
other than the norm? 


: No. 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: Do you spit, or cry, ona 
regular basis? 


: No, of course not. 
<End Log> 
DOCUMENT 'INTERVIEW93551 REVISED CONTINUATION' IS A CL 


Opening Statement: A combination of 


automated voice risk analysis, eye-tracking 
analysis, and accurate spectroscopic imagery 
produced by an instance of Safe Anomalous 
ltem concluded to be lying, 
predominantly in answer to Researcher 
Hamlin's first, second, third, and fifth question. 


<Resume Log> 
Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: You're lying. 
: What? 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: Why are you 
lying? 


: I'm not lying to you. Why would | ever 
lie to you, the... what was it, Statistics 
Corporation Penrose? A statistics company- 
See, why would | lie to a statistics company? 


Researcher Hamlin details the purpose of the 
SCP Foundation, explaining that ‘sDNA 
had been lifted from one of the Foundation's 
most recently-discovered anomalies. 
Researcher Hamlin assures that the 
priority of his investigation is to determine the 
status of the individuals identified from the 
DNA samples. 


remains silent for approximately 10 
seconds. 


: | couldn't bring myself to do it. 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: What couldn't 
you bring yourself to do? 


: There was subdivision after 
subdivision after subdivision, and | joined one 
of them. To help organise an exodus. It was an 
exodus, okay? A... spiritual exodus. 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: Could you 
elaborate, please? 


: There's nothing much else to it. It was 
called Greenflight. It had other names, but 
Greenflight was the favourite. There were 
around members, and | was one of them. 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: What do you 
know about the image | showed you? 


: The clouds were a Calling card for 
when everyone was supposed to leave. A final 
"fuck you". | don't know how it was done or 
who was behind it, but it was done. 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: Can you 
confirm that this "exodus" happened on 

th, 2007? individuals committed suicide 
on that date, all of whom were identified from 
DNA in the precipitation from the cloud. 


: That's when we all... yes, that's- 
that's correct. 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: Why didn't 
you "leave" along with the others? 


: There's just something wrong with 
me, | suppose. | don't care enough about the 
human race, clearly. 


Senior Researcher H. Hamlin: Was the 
exodus successful? 


: Oh, God knows. Ask the ones who 
took their own lives. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: was 
subsequently administered Class-B amnestics 


and released. Public documents pertaining to 
"Greenflight" do not exist. Contact with the 
remaining __ living individuals, with the 
interest of ascertaining the methods of creating 
SCP-2198, is pending approval. Investigations 
regarding "Greenflight" and its origin have 
been discontinued. 


« SCP-2197 | SCP-2198 | SCP-2199 » 


SCP-2199: Out of the Frying Pan 


Item #: SCP-2199 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2199 is in a standard 
Wildlife Observation Chamber, located within Site-—77. Listening 
devices are attached to the hump on a permanent basis, in order to 
observe the interior of its body. Exploratory testing has been 
suspended, due to the effect that repeated testing had on 
SCP-2199's health. 


Description: SCP-2199 is an adult male Indian Camel (Camelus 
dromedarius). The hump is hairless, and has the appearance of 
being covered in scar tissue. 


Instead of being completely composed out of tissue fibers, the hump 
on SCP-2199's back is filled with water underneath a 10cm layer of 
fibrous tissue. This water is brackish, self-replenishing, and inhabits 
a volume roughly equivalent to the total biomass of SCP-21991,. 
Despite the absence of any corresponding light sources, it contains 
ambient light. 


A large number of small organisms, collectively designated as 
SCP-2199-1, inhabit this soace. Each subgroup of SCP-2199-1 
resembles a particular species of plant or animal native to an arid 
region, but has adapted or been heavily modified for small size and 
aquatic environments; many display extremely unusual body plans. 
While still superficially resembling their desert counterparts, all 
SCP-2199-1 instances are between 2 and 10 cm long and the 
relative sizes of SCP-2199-1 subgroups do not correspond to the 
relative sizes of their unmodified relatives. Since direct examination 
of this ecosystem requires that SCP-2199 be anesthetized and its 
hump surgically opened, visual observation has been limited. 


It is, however, possible to observe SCP-2199-1 from outside the 


neoplasms on infected subjects will spread the plague. 


The first sign of SCP-253 infection is the emergence of skin lesions, 
typically dime-sized (2 cm in diameter) in groups of three to five, at 
the site of infection. Within twelve (12) hours after the appearance of 
the lesions, MRI scans show the development of neoplasms within 
the brain. At this time, the neoplasms do not induce neurological 
symptoms. 


Over the next twenty-four to forty-eight (24 to 48) hours, numerous 
skin lesions start to emerge and grow in size. These lesions often 
induce substantial swelling in surrounding tissue, which can be quite 
painful for the subject. Often, the pain, if left untreated, leaves many 
subjects unable to move. Towards the end of the forty-eight (48) 
hour period, neoplasms start to emerge in the lymphatic system and 
neurological symptoms start to manifest. 


The neurological symptoms of SCP-253 are different for each 
patient, depending on which part of the brain the invasive cells have 
contaminated, with one exception. Each human patient heretofore 
exposed to SCP-253 has felt a complete cessation of pain forty- 
seven to forty-nine (47 to 49) hours after infection. Other 
neurological symptoms include: 


* Inability to focus attention 

¢ Disorganized speech 

« Memory loss 

¢ Hallucinations 

¢ Euphoria 

¢ Megalomania 

¢ Inappropriate emotional responses 
¢ Sociopathy 

* Catatonia 


The neoplasms do not seem to respond to radiation, and 
chemotherapy with high-dose mitoxantrone, irinotecan, and 
dacarbazine has only minimal effects. Chemotherapy was observed 
to kill some cells and markedly slow the growth of others, and 
therefore might be useful for post-exposure prophylaxis, but is 
ineffective in established disease. 


hump by listening to their vocalizations and other audio traces. 
Regular monitoring of SCP-2199-1 is carried out almost entirely via 
audio, in order to minimize damage to SCP-2199 due to invasive 
testing. 


Observed organism types 


Ciosest apparent ancest Description 
Bark scorpion (Centruroides Closely resembles a legless 
sp.) but otherwise normal bark 


scorpion. Rapid flicking 
movements of the tail are 
used for locomotion 
(propulsion, orientation 
control, and posture 
maintenance). 

Ostrich (Struthio camelus),| Individuals are 3-4 cm long, 
with a small spheroid body, 
webbed feet, shortened 
limbs, and two short 
muscular tails with long 
feathers. The tails are used 
similarly to bacterial flagella, 
generating propulsion by 
spinning counter to each 
other. Primarily herbivorous; 
an active hunter of algae 
and free-floating microflora. 

Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) Observed only once 
visually, these rare 
organisms are benthic 
detritivores, subsisting 
entirely on and within the 
layer of excreta and other 
detritus that accumulates 
gradually on the bottom of 
SCP-2199. 

Texas horned lizard Resembles the detached 

(Phrynosoma cornutum) head of the lizard, with 
supernumerary spines and 


no external locomotor 
appendages. Moves by 
launching its 10-cm-long 
tongue towards a prey 
animal, then retracting the 
tongue to pull itself and the 


prey together for 
consumption. 
Western black widow Has a single cephalothorax 
(Latrodectus hesperus) bearing several hundred 


long legs. The exoskeleton 
is entirely soft, permitting 
the body to undulate for 
jellyfish-like propulsion. The 
red "hourglass" marking on 
the abdomen is a 
bioluminescent lure, used to 
attract smaller organisms 
within reach of the legs, 
which capture them and 
carry them into the large 
central mouth for 
envenomation and 
consumption. Preys 
primarily on other black- 
widow- and scorpion-type 
SCP-2199-1 instances. 


SCP-2199 was discovered outside of Cairo, Egypt in an abandoned 
desert ruin, with two near-human skeletons. In addition, the ancient 
remains of several other animals were discovered. The identified 
specimens include a horse, crocodile, abnormally large birds, and 
whale bones. The following script was found etched into the wall, 
translated from Latin. 


The carrier/holder/ark has crashed, and we are truly lost/ 
alone. There is nobody to inherit/take the last guardians/ 
warlords of life, and they will be lost in time. This 
development is unfortunate, but inevitable/destined. 
They probably wouldn't have gotten along in this dead 


place. 


Since the discovery of SCP-3150 in 194 , no less than two similar 
entities to SCP-2199 have have been observed within SCP-3150-1. 
Investigation into SCP-2199's origins via SCP-3150-3 is currently 
pending review. 


Footnotes 
1. This is despite SCP-2199 containing normal internal organs 


« SCP-2198 | SCP-2199 | SCP-2200 » 


Articles 2200-2299 


SCP-2200: Soulberg 


Item #: SCP-2200 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: The current instance of 
SCP-2200-2 is to be kept in a standard humanoid containment 
chamber at Bio-Site 59. To prevent the relocation of SCP-2200-1, a 
minimum of five armed security personnel must escort SCP-2200-2 
to termination chamber T-28 once a month to assist in routine D- 
Class cycling. In the event SCP-2200-1 relocates, Mobile Task 
Force Epsilon-30 ("Blade Fielders") is to be deployed to seek out 
and contain the new SCP-2200-2 instance. 


The area of land encompassing SCP-2200-3 has been designated 
Site-502, with Foundation faculty members living as residents in the 
town proper. As SCP-2200-3 is populated by anomalous individuals, 
faculty may acknowledge the existence of anomalous activity in 
general but are not to divulge details on any SCP object besides 
SCP-2200. Each staff member living on-site is to submit a weekly 
report detailing their experience and interactions. 


For all intents and purposes, SCP-2200-3 is to remain an 
autonomous community with minimal political and social interference 
by the Foundation. Additional intervention may be ordered by the 
presiding on-site Staff Lead at their discretion. As a number of inert 
instances are already in storage for testing and archival purposes, 
additional inert SCP-2200-4 are to be collected and melted down for 
use in funding Foundation activities. 


Description: SCP-2200 is the collective designation of several 
interrelated anomalous phenomena: 


SCP-2200-1 is a sword, 80cm in length, composed of an alloy of 
silver and copper, estimated to have been constructed between 
1,000 and 500 BCE. SCP-2200-1 is luminescent, giving off blue light 


at a level of brightness directly proportional to the number of 
SCP-2200-4 subjects residing in SCP-2200-3. Similarly, increased 
numbers of SCP-2200-4 subjects reverses deterioration caused by 
SCP-2200-1's age, making it a more effective weapon. 


SCP-2200-2 refers to the human individual who is currently bonded 
with SCP-2200-1. SCP-2200-2 subjects cannot separate themselves 
from SCP-2200-1 and any attempt to forcefully remove it from the 
subject's grasp will result in the immediate death of the subject. 
Similarly, surgical removal of the hand or arm bonded to 
SCP-2200-1 will also result in death. When an SCP-2200-2 instance 
dies, SCP-2200-1 anomalously relocates into the hand of another 
individual and instantly bonds with them. 


There is no apparent limit to the distance SCP-2200-1 can travel 
when transporting itself to a new subject. SCP-2200-1 appears to 
selectively bond with subjects that share a similar set of traits (see 
Document 2200-A), which suggests that it may be intelligent to 
some degree. Bonding with SCP-2200-1 will cause subjects to suffer 
from an anomalous form of argyrosis! which causes their skin to 
rapidly develop a distinct blue hue. If an SCP-2200-2 subject does 
not end a human life for an extended period of time, SCP-2200-1 will 
relocate itself.