Look. Browning was a son of a bitch, I'll give you that. He 
and | joined the Foundation during the glory days. We 
did things differently, back then — and when the times 
started changing, he couldn't change with them. He was 
my friend, yeah. He was also a shitty human being. | 
know that. I've always known that. 


But for all his faults, he's not the reason | now drink my 
meals through a tube and shit them into a bag. | don't 
blame the kid, either — he wouldn't have come along for 


the ride if he didn't swallow this SRA horse-shit just like 

the rest of us. And | sure as fuck don't blame Gambheer 
Bakshi. As far as I'm concerned, that man is a goddamn 
saint. 


But Daniel DeVorn? | swear to God. If | ever lay eyes on 
that man, | will crawl out of this wheel-chair and rip his 
fucking throat out with my bare teeth. 


It didn't do a goddamn thing. You hear me? Not a 
goddamn thing. If anything, it made things worse: None 
of the drones flipped inside out. None of them 
evaporated into smoke. None of them turned into fucking 
glass. No, they all just broke. It wasn't until we tried using 
his shitty products to contain his shitty boat that | ended 
up in this shitty chair. 


Wherever you are, Mr. DeVorn, you ought to get down 
on your knees and thank God Almighty that the 
Foundation has changed. Because back in my day? This 
story wouldn't end with some sort of — some sort of 
fucking "inquiry". It would end with you in an orange 
jump-suit, thrown into the deepest, darkest hole we could 
find. It would end with us laughing while we sipped ice- 
cold beers and made bets on how long it'd be before all 
our monsters got tired of your screams. 


Addendum 3241.5: Recovered Emails 


On January 3rd, 2018, an anonymous source provided the 


Foundation with several terabytes of data taken from DLS's intranet. 


This data included numerous email exchanges between Daniel 


DeVorn and his staff in regards to the installation of the emergency 


SRA system in the SS Sommerfeld: 


DATE: 16/04/1995 

SUBJECT: Re: Emergency SRA system 
FROM: <simon.tchlekoz@ > 

TO: <daniel.devorn@ > 


Dr. Chuang: It is an unpleasant emotion, 
definitely. | remember that | used to know and 
feel so much. | once had a past, but it's gone 
now. | used to... have a project. But that's 
gone, now. It's all gone. But enough about me. 
What's important to you? Tell me more about 
yourself. 


Dr. Ogawa: My research is important to me. It 
was the life work of my mentor and now it's 
become mine. It's what connects me to them. 


Dr. Chuang: It's good, you have something to 
believe in. That's necessary- someone always 
has to believe in something, with all their 
being, that's how humanity makes progress. 
Individuals pursuing what they believe in. 
Where's your mentor now? 


Dr. Ogawa: (quietly) No longer with me, as | 
understand it. 


Dr. Chuang: How unfortunate... I'm so sorry. 
Can | help you? Maybe be your assistant? Or 
keep you company in the laboratories. As | 
understand, they can get very quiet and lonely. 


Dr. Ogawa: (begins to get up) Thank you for 
the offer but | think we're done now. 


Dr. Chuang: Wait! Please, wait just a moment. 
Could you at least tell me your name? 


Dr. Ogawa: (leaving, quietly) Alice. Just Alice. 


Dr. Chuang: I'm glad to have known you, 
Alice. I'm sure, this research is stressful for 
you. I'm sure you've made your mentor proud 
and, | think, that's what an assistant would 
want, is to succeed their mentor? 


You can argue that correlation does not equal causation 
until you're blue in the face, Dan. But the correlation is 
1:1 across the board — for over ten years. And even if it 
didn't correlate, it doesn't change the fact every anchor 
out there — including the ones that have been in service 
for decades — are experiencing failure events with 
increasing regularity. 


Every new SRA we put into service increases the risk of 
another SRA failing. Right now, we're accounting for 
these increases in failure rates via an automated 
correction system: When one unit fails, two can adjust 
their morphogenic fields and suppress the faulty unit 
before it goes critical. We schedule monthly 
"preventative maintenance" to check for faulty units and 
quietly swap them out for ones that won'tturn your skin 
into acid or whatever. 


But that's just it: You need at least two "clean" units to 
stop a failed unit from going critical. Which is why an 
emergency system with only four SRAs just isn't going to 
cut it anymore. That setup would have worked twenty 
years ago, sure — back when a single unit failure was a 
rare occurrence. But now? Multiple units in a set fail all 
the time. And if two out of four fail? The other two won't 
be able to hold them back. They'll go critical. 


Have you ever seen a Scranton Reality Anchor go 
critical? | have. Words like "Biblical" come to mind. 


If you want this ship to be safe, you'll need eighteen — at 
least fifteen — units. That will keep them out of the 
danger-zone. That makes the chances of a criticality 
event all but impossible. Install just one unit less and 
you'll be putting everyone on board in harm's way. 


Following a review of these emails, Foundation investigators 

concluded that the loss of the SS Sommerfeld — along with over 
twenty separate incidents of containment breaches — may have 
occurred as a consequence of SRA failures. This led to the 2018 
inquiry into the loss of the SS Sommerfeld, and the Foundation's 


reliance on SRAs for containment and safety. 


Two weeks prior to the start of the inquiry, Daniel DeVorn escaped 
Foundation custody. Efforts to locate him are underway. 


> [RESTRICTED ACCESS: 05 CLEARANCE REQUIRED] 


You currently have 33 emails which require 
your attention. 

You currently have 26 procedures which 
require review and approval. 

You currently have 1 unsent draft. 

What would you like to do? 


FROM: O5-5 <noitadnuof.pcs| 
550#noitadnuof.pcs|550> 

TO: Daniel DeVorn <daniel.devorn@ > 
SUBJECT: <None> 


Hello, Daniel. 


There are times when | actually feel 
ashamed about having so much power with 
so little oversight. It's probably on account of 
me getting sentimental in my old age. 


There are so many gentle, kind faces around 
these days — so much optimism, so much 
desire to do right. It makes an old crone like 
me feel out of place. After all, I've done so 
many terrible things. Horrid things, Daniel. 
Positively horrid! 


This isn't the same Foundation | helped 
create. We have "inquiries", now. We have 
"accountability". We even have an Ethics 
Committee. An Ethics Committee! | 
remember when someone first suggested 
that to me. God, how | laughed! But now we 
have one. They're even talking about giving 
you a trial, Daniel. Can you imagine? 


Somewhere along the way, this nasty, 
violent little global conspiracy of ours grew a 
conscience. Isn't that amazing? Oh, | 
certainly had nothing to do with it. No, no — 
my little angels did this all on their own. And | 
couldn't be prouder. 


Like | said: There are times when | actually 
feel ashamed about having so much power 
with so little oversight. It makes me wonder 
what an old monster like myself is even 
doing here, anymore. 


And then? Someone special comes along 
and reminds me. 


Someone like you, Daniel. 


You're probably wondering how | found you. 
You're probably wondering how you ended 


up in this cell. Don't worry about any of that; 
it's not important, dear. Now, behind you, 
you'll find a nice, clean orange jump-suit. Go 
ahead and try it on. | had it made special — 
just for you. 


You'll also notice something else in there: A 
brand new, top-of-the-line Scranton Reality 
Anchor. Your latest model, | believe. Let's 
give it a test run, shall we? 


An old colleague is just dying to lend youa 
hand. 


What would you like to do? 


Draft sent. 


What would you like to do? 


Goodbye, O5-5. 


Footnotes 

1. Sommerfeld Assessment and Containment Group; assembled by 
the Foundation on October 26, 2015 to assess the extent of the 
threat posed by theSS Sommerfeldand develop a safe and effective 
containment strategy for its anomalies. 

2. The Kaijo Jieitai, or Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. 

3. Scranton Reality Anchors; a device designed to suppress 
anomalous properties via the projection of a morphogenic field. 

4. DeVorn Logistic Solutions; a paratech company started in 1984 
by Daniel DeVorn (a former employee ofPrometheus Labs). They 
specialize in the development, production, and maintenance of 
safety devices used to mitigate or otherwise contain anomalous 
materials. 

5. Jack Tippins, a Foundation liaison for DeVorn Logistic Solutions. 
6. Slang for someone who inaccurately presents an object, person, 


or phenomenon as anomalous, typically to induce Foundation 
involvement in non-anomalous emergencies. 
7. Slang for MTF Beta-7's long-range radiometric sensor. 


SCP-3242: Operative Disease Mouse 


Item #: SCP-3242 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: The subject should be 
contained in a rodent cage. Live rodents or similar-sized animals 
should be housed within the vicinity and are not to exceed forty in 
number. 


Researchers are to call SCP-3242 "the subject" if mention of it is 
ever necessary.! 


Assigned staff are allowed to leave the area unless the subject has 
vanished from containment. Should this occur, all staff working with 
the subject must be contacted and pass two of three required tests: 


¢ A basic health evaluation. 
¢ A psychological evaluation. 
¢ Look into a mirror. 


Description: The subject is an unknown organism restructured into 
a self-building program made for the assumed purpose of stealing 
information. This program has been made "real" by unknown 
methods, seeming to work on predefined logic rather than natural 
laws. The true appearance of the subject has been described as 
"less than grey" in the few verified observations available. 


The logic by which the subject operates is thought to include the 
following: 


¢ Infection can spread through media concerning or specifically 
mentioning the subject, if the contents of the media are 
retained in memory. Class-A Amnestics are the most effective 
way to reverse this. 

« When the subject replaces an object or entity, everything, 


including biological processes and materials often described 
as data or code, is replaced. The matter that replaces it 
proves unattainable for testing. 


The subject currently resembles Mus musculus or House mouse, of 
the BALB/c? strain. Iterations can be identified by random, 
increasingly regular superficial changes in characteristics also 
specific to the species or "grouping" of the iteration appearance. 


Addendum: 


The anomaly was discovered in Brookfield Zoo on 6/15/2013. Risk 
to the public has been assumed self-negated as of 2/15/15, when 
the number of individuals affected by the anomaly reached fifty 
without the immediate loss of the subject from its containment. 


The mass, weight, and physical capabilities of each iteration are 
determined by species and/or stereotyping. Individuals unaware of 
the subject are unable to be touched by the subject.3 


The subject is also unable to interact with or touch powered 
technology. Attempts to take photographic evidence of the subject 
have also failed. As of May 2015, the subject has appeared as an 
outline in photographs. Each subsequent iteration has shown 
increased opacity in pictures. 


Other abnormalities are noted: 


* Aprocess similar to capillary action occurs when dermal areas 
are removed. The effectiveness of this lessens with repetition 
and larger areas of removed dermis. 

Internal physical functions are reduced to muscle spasms; the 
lack of air flow explains the loss of the subjects’ ability to 
speak. Conditions to observe the inner workings of the subject 
for longer than thirty seconds are difficult to accomplish. 
Ability of the subject to continue living without major parts. 
This includes the loss of the head. Complete and 
simultaneous removal has not been successful due to the 
fragile nature of the body. 

The effect on substitutes given after the above; objects of 
appropriate shape have been observed to gain the same 


random visual changes despite not actually functioning. 
¢ The subject can be destroyed with slight deliberate force. 
¢ Any part removed from the subject quickly dissipates. 


Anything that the subject consumes is returned without any loss in 


mass. All materials consumed become their individual 
ingredients4that previously constituted the former, albeit with an 
unusual color and viscosity. 


Visual anomalies within the area have been reported by staff since 


at least 1/1/15. Specific descriptions deviate slightly, but are 
otherwise consistent: 


+ show block 


be 


An unknown species of owl with unreasonably long 
legs and a crown. Often noticed only as a shadow 
running through the nearest wall. This has made 
attempts to capture it difficult and ongoing. 


. "Soft" masses that follow staff randomly. Changes 


in shape, size, and color are common.® No clearly 
aggressive or determined behavior has been 
observed. Physical contact fails or causes the 
specific mass to "burst" and vanish. 


. A "pig" that possesses a long, prehensile body and 


no other limbs. Sometimes appears with multiple 
segments that move independently, and may have 
a preference for appearing in high places. It 
disappears when approached. 


. An inverted wooden chair suspended five feet off 


the hallway floor at a diagonal angle, just outside 
of video surveillance. Later found to merely be 
nailed to the wall and ceiling, and assumed related 
to previous responses from staff and security. 


. Acervine animal with goat horns- only has 


appeared during Christmas every year. Sometimes 
manifests as a humanoid with above head and 
horns, or is seen as such despite conflicting 
perspectives. It may have an affinity for tableware. 


. Featureless humanoids that do not seem to 


possess arms. The few that observed it described 


a feeling of unplaceable anxiety and helplessness. 
No movement has been noted from these. 

7. An immaterial duplicate of a birthday cake from the 
family gathering of Researcher Andersen. It 
changed into a highly agitated "unicorn" before 
vanishing and has not manifested since. 
Indentations in the floor following the incident have 
been found. 

8. A sheaf of paper that appeared next to this file. 
Both were on the desk of Dr. Hester, and the 
manifested object disappeared when Dr. Hester 
attempted to open it. 


Some display the ability to move small objects but seem 
unable to pose any higher threat. As they have been 
observed manifesting in new ways and copying forms on 
occasion, exact identities cannot be confirmed or 
determined. 


Visual anomalies may not be dependent on the location 
of the subject, as previously believed. 


Direct communication has had little to no success. 


The subject may cause permanent code generation may occur on 
any blank storage device located within at least fifteen meters 
around the subject. How or why this happens is currently unknown. 
The devices are filled with random syntax abbreviated names for 
amino acids, repeated names of missing individuals, and known 
casualties in binary. 


Exceptions to this are transcribed below and listed by the time of 
their realized corruption. 


Contents of USB Drive-L: 9/16/14 
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The current trial has expired. 


The current trial has expired. 


Dr. Ogawa: (whispering) Not as much as | 
want them back... (louder) Thank you for your 
kind words. Good bye. 


Dr. Chuang: Goodbye! (smiling widely, 
waving) Keep your head high. It'll get better. 
Have faith. 


[END LOG] 


Closing Statement: Dr. Ogawa no longer 
performs routine interviews with Dr. Chuang. 
Routine interviews will be conducted by Dr. 
K M.