Dr. Maravilla: (chuckles) Well, you definitely 
succeeded. But please, explain the anomalous 
properties. 


Pol-0171: Oh, yeah, those. That was fun. 
Heard a bunch of those stuffy critics at the 
gallery were, ah, affected. Must've been 
hilarious. 


Dr. Maravilla: | don't think they saw it that 
way. 


Pol-0171: Come on, they all probably grabbed 
some Tums or Pepto or something on the limo 
ride home, God knows there's so many 
pharmacies up and down the Strip. They're all 
fine now, | promise. 


Dr. Maravilla: So tell me why you put the 
effect in. 


Pol-0171: | mean, yeah, there's issues in the 
world. Bad stuff happening everywhere you 
look. But the world isn't all bad. The sky isn't 
falling, no matter what the news might say. 


Dr. Maravilla: (takes a sip of water) 


Pol-0171: But that negativity shit doesn't need 
to be in your art! Me? | see art as an escape. A 
way to look at better worlds, at brighter days. 
Art is infinite. Why chain it down? 


Dr. Maravilla: Is this why you paint? 


Pol-0171: This is why | paint. | want to inspire 
a sense of wonder. A breath of fresh air. 


Dr. Maravilla: Hence the dinosaur and 
dragon? 


Pol-0171: | thought, "what would ten-year-old 
me think was the coolest thing ever?" and then 
painted exactly that. 


Dr. Maravilla: | mean, | agree. If it weren't 
anomalous, I'd hang it on my office wall. 


Pol-0171: Aw, thanks man. 
Dr. Maravilla: But please, go on. 


Pol-0171: People who get affected, it's cause 
they've lost their inner child. They can't see 
just the top layer of things, they gotta inject 
their views into everything. Sucks the fun out 
of it. 


Dr. Maravilla: | agree, actually. 


Pol-0171: Yeah? You're one of the few I've 
seen. It's why they wouldn't let me into Are We 
Cool Yet years back. Too obsessed with 
‘sending a message’. Like they're the Joker or 
something. But not everything has to send a 
message, right? Sometimes we just need 
something simple, something cool for the sake 
of cool. 


Dr. Maravilla: Explain the part where it goes in 
your dreams. 


Pol-0171: You saw them, right? 
Dr. Maravilla: What? 


Pol-0171: You saw the painting and dreamt of 
them, didn't you? 


Dr. Maravilla: | did, yes. 
Pol-0171: And? What did they tell you? 


Dr. Maravilla: (sighs) The dinosaur told me 
she was proud of me, told me to keep 
following my dreams. She told me what | was 
doing was worth it. She told me that yeah, I'm 
making a difference, and don't ever forget that. 


Pol-0171: And the dragon? 


Dr. Maravilla: He told me not to worry. He 
said that what happened to my dad wasn't my 
fault. He said... 


Pol-0171: It's OK, Will. You don't have to talk 
about it if you don't want to. Don't be afraid to 
look at the painting again, if they let you. 


Dr. Maravilla: Thanks, man. Tell me why the 
dreams happen in the first place. 


Pol-0171: You'd have to ask the beings 
themselves. | don't know where these two 
came from, but they've got minds of their own. 


Dr. Maravilla: You didn't create the entities? 


Pol-0171: Sort of. | put them there, but | don't 
control what they say. Everyone hears what 
they need to hear, they tell me. 


Dr. Maravilla: Then how do- 


Pol-0171: It's more of a, how do | put this. As | 
made the painting, they were already there, | 
just helped to give them a form. 


Dr. Maravilla: When did they appear in your 
dreams? 


Pol-0171: They only showed up in my dreams 
once, the night before | finished the painting. | 
can't remember any details, but there's one 
line they said together that's burned into my 
brain. (Pol-0171 takes a deep breath.) "Our 
eyes and yours look upon the same stars. We 
could take your hand, and others’, if you would 
just reach up once more, like you used to." 


Dr. Maravilla: Wow. 

Pol-0171: | know, right? 

Dr. Maravilla: But what does it mean? 
Pol-0171: Hell if | know. (Pol-0171 laughs.) 
Dr. Maravilla: It's nice, though. 


Pol-0171: Yeah. It was nice catching up, Will. 
Take care of the painting for me. 


Dr. Maravilla: Will do. We'll be sending you 


back to interrogation shortly. I'll vouch for you, 
of course, do you agree to cooperate? 


Pol-0171: Whatever. | don't suppose you'd 
give me back the charred canvas if you ever 
found it, right? 


Dr. Maravilla: You know how it is here. 
Pol-0171: I'm messing with you, dude. 


Dr. Maravilla: It was good to see you again, 
Guillermo. 


Pol-0171: You too, Will. Any last questions? 
Dr. Maravilla: One last thing. 
Pol-0171: Shoot. 


Dr. Maravilla: The composition of the painting. 
Those specific dyes have never been 
synthesized or described before. How the hell 
did you do that? 


Pol-0171: I'd think you of all people would 
realize that chemistry is as much art as it is 
science. Stay cool, Will. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Further investigation of 
the scene and interrogation of the captured 
AWCY members proved Pol-0171 innocent in 
the aforementioned incident. However, 
Pol-0171 managed to escape Foundation 
custody through unknown means shortly after 
interrogations were concluded. His current 
whereabouts are unknown. 


Requesting permission to conduct extended testing on SCP-3435. - 
Dr. Maravilla 


Denied. There is nothing more to be learned from it. In fact, your 
excessive involvement with this anomaly and the POI responsible 
already borders on the unprofessional, and if he hadn't provided 
valuable intel on AWCY activity before vanishing you'd be on the 
disciplinary watchlist already. Remember what's really important 
here. -Personnel Director Acosta. 


SCP-3436: ABE 


A still of SCP-3436, pre-enclosure, taken from video feed during 


initial reconnaissance. An abrupt, barb-like projection can be seen 
at the apex. 


Item #: SCP-3436 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3436 is contained within a 
70 m x 85m, 172 m tall concrete building, which acts as a 
provisional site (Provisional Site 3436). The building is designed to 
blend conspicuously with the surrounding metropolis. 


Access into the building is exclusive to the Site Director and 
accompanying Engineering and Technical Service Department 
Class C/D personnel who have been consented (Form 3436-A) and 
briefed to Level 2 security clearance. 


There is no known safe method by which to rescue those who 
physically encounter SCP-3436. No aspect of SCP-3436 is to be 
touched, neither by direct nor indirect means. The Site Director has 
been authorized by the Ethics Committee to utilize euthanasia 
procedures as deemed appropriate for those who have come into 
contact with SCP-3436 and who have yet to experience atmospheric 
buoyant events. 


Description: SCP-3436 is a 166 m tall free-standing structure in 
Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. It is dark grey in 
color, has vermiform massing, features an apical barb-like 
projection, and is made of an undetermined material that visually 
resembles steel. Evidence suggests SCP-3436 was constructed by 
the avant-garde art collective Are We Cool Yet? (AWCY?) in 1994. 
The identities of the author(s) and any involved patrons are not 
known. 


Individuals who make direct or indirect physical contact with 
SCP-3436 and then cease said contact will begin to accelerate 
upwards at rate of approximately 3.14 m/s2 until the height of 
SCP-3436 is reached. After this point, the object is accelerated 
dramatically, and is beyond the scope of the unaided eye within 
seconds. Events of this nature are referred to as atmospheric 
buoyant events, or ABEs, and the boundary demarcated by the 
height of SCP-3436 is referred to as the event threshold. 


Selected Supporting Documents: 
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A 50 cm x 30 cm x 15 cm sculpted rhombohedron, 
designated SCP-3436-i, rests 1 m from the base of 
SCP-3436. SCP-3436-i is assumed to be made of an 
identical material as SCP-3436, and thus to possess 
identical inertial properties as well; testing to corroborate 
this conjecture has been deemed unnecessary. 
SCP-3436-i features a plaque on its largest face that 
contains an inscription in the French language. Below is 
a reproduction of SCP-3436-i, translated from the 
original French. 


Revelation Claw 
* The sinew of God. 
The living-and-dead will rise into the sky and become 
open to the embrace of Christ. 
10.28 seconds is a brief tribulation compared to what 
awaits those who remain. You are welcome. 


The series of statements loosely fits the format of an 
AWCY? Project Proposal. Given that the original Project 
Proposal for SCP-3436 would have been presented to 
an intended patron prior to its completion, it is likely that 
the author intended SCP-3436-i as either an additional 
proposal to those who read it, or a meta-proposal 
intended for the religious deity it endorses. 


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Test Log — 02 — May 12—24th 1994 


Abstract: 


The initial purpose of this study was to collect 
material samples from SCP-3436 for analysis. A 
secondary purpose of this study was introduced; to 
investigate the inertial properties of SCP-3436 with 
respect to the transfer of momentum. Dismantling 
and/or relocation of SCP-3436 subsequently 
became a tertiary goal. 


Results: 


May 12, 1994 

Time: 0340 - Four Class D personnel are 
instructed to comb the proximity of SCP-3436 and 
locate trace materials with appropriate equipment. 
Trace materials of SCP-3436 were suspected to 
have been identified near the base. Personnel 
instructed to collect. 

Result: ABE x 3, complete ascent. No materials 
retrieved. 


Time: 0400 - The remaining Class D person acting 
outside Foundation orders throws a rock which 
impacts SCP-3436. 

Result: ABE x 1, complete ascent. 


May 19, 1994 

Time: 2302 - Remote girth measurement utilizing a 
monocular reticle suggests SCP-3436 may be 
felled given sufficient force. Two Class D personnel 
(D1 and D2) are asked to perform demolition 
maneuvers upon lower segments of SCP-3436 
with two armored D9R continuous tracked tractors 
modified with substantially reinforced blades and 
added tonnage. They approach SCP-3436 from 
the south as to avoid SCP-3436-i and to ensure 
safe felling. 


Result: ABE x2. Both ascents impeded by the 
roofs of the DORs. The driver-side window of D2's 
D9R was lowered at the time of the event; D2's 
body moved laterally along the roof, then out the 
window with subsequent and complete ascent. D1 
was fully enclosed in the vehicle and found as 
pomace!. The doors of D1's DOR were opened by 
recovery personnel, one of whom was contacted 
by D1's remains as they responded to the newly 
introduced egress from the DOR; ABE x1, complete 
ascent, followed by complete ascent of D1's 
remains. Two heavily-modified D9Rs retrieved. 


May 24, 1994 

Time: 0025 - Two Foundation operatives are 
instructed to pilot unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) 
to the base of SCP-3436 to collect via negative 
pressure the previously detected trace materials, 
presumably originating from SCP-3436. Materials 
are located and authorization is given for 
collection. 

Result: ABE x2. Unimpeded, complete ascent of 
two pilots. Two UAVs retrieved. 


Conclusions/Discussion: 

The presented attempts to influence, analyze, and 
dismantle SCP-3436 are unsuccessful. Relocation 
is deemed infeasible. Indirect physical contact has 
been confirmed to precipitate ABEs. Organic 
matter that is the cause of an inorganic material's 
contact with SCP-3436 precipitates ABEs that 
involve only the causal organic matter. ABEs can 
only be interrupted/delayed and not ceased. 


If a barrier is encountered during an ABE, the 
ascent Is interrupted. The organic matter will move 
laterally along the interrupting surface and towards 
any negative space in the barrier. If there is no 
such space, the organic matter becomes stationary 
at the maximum achievable elevation in wait for 


SCP-446: Human Mannequin 


Item #: SCP-446 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-446 is to be kept locked in 
its case and only removed for testing. Any clothing and accessories 

must be removed from SCP-446 when not in use (see Incident 446- 

A). 


Description: SCP-446 in its normal state appears to be a 
Caucasian female, early twenties, brown hair 17.78 cm at its longest 
point, unusually bright blue eyes, light skin with a tattoo of the 
Marshall, Carter and Dark logo on its lower back, 1.75 m tall and 
weighing 52.16 kg. SCP-446 is anatomically correct, at least on the 
outside. All physical characteristics are consistent with a living 
human, including skin tone and texture, eye color and clarity of the 
sclera, even body heat. SCP-446 does not respond to any 
communication, however, and also does not breathe or exhibit a 
pulse. 


SCP-446 is normally stored lying on its back inside a long aluminum 
box with a hinged lid. SCP-446 and its storage box were discovered 
in [REDACTED] by Agents and__. The storage box itself is 
unremarkable, aside from a plain white label listing SCP-446's 
clothing sizes. When the agents attempted to lift SCP-446 by the 
shoulders into a sitting position, SCP-446 responded to their touch 
by sitting upright on its own. A gentle push on its shoulders from the 
front encouraged it to lie back down. Further coaxing can compel 
SCP-446 to stand up on its own, and it will remain standing until 
downward pressure is applied to the top of its head, encouraging 
SCP-446 to sit again. SCP-446 generally does not move without 
prompting of some kind, although its eyes will follow the nearest 
person and it will make eye contact if possible. 


Moving and posing of SCP-446's limbs is also possible; once moved 


continued ascent. During this time, the organic 
matter experiences compaction pressures 
disproportionate to those predicted by classical 
mechanics; the pressures ostensibly exceed the 
human body’s ability to remain structurally sound, 
resulting in complete musculoskeletal collapse. 


It is debatable and outside of the scope of this 
study as to whether an intentionally impeded 
ascent is more humane than an unimpeded one. 
Recommendations for a complete enclosure for 
SCP-3436 will be deferred to the Ethics 
Committee. Tests that require the proximity of 
personnel are highly discouraged and it will be 
recommended to Research by this committee that 
no such tests are considered for approval. 


Test Log - 04 - June 14, 1994 


Abstract: 

A numerical estimation of temperatures and 
stresses SCP-3436 is capable of withstanding is 
approached in this trial. All personnel decisions 
and thermo-mechanical methodologies were 
approved by on-site containment specialist Dr. 
Robert Goleman PhD and carried out by certified, 
Class C researchers and research technicians. A 
thermal field was engendered at the base of 
structure and physical contact with SCP-3436/-i 
was strictly avoided. 


To estimate the depth of SCP-3436's purchase into 
the terrain, ground penetrating radar is used to 
infer root dimensions, geometry, and approximate 
torque resistance. 


Results: 

The base withstood temperatures orders of 
magnitude higher than the literature demonstrates 
regarding the apparent material. Researchers 


estimate that the thermal energy needed to 
dematerialize the base of SCP-3436/-i would 
exceed current means of energy production. Test 
discontinued. 


Conclusions/Discussion: 

In light of SCP-3436/-i's tolerance to advanced 
thermal energies, the structural integrity of 
SCP-3436/-i cannot be determined and will no 
longer be pursued. GPR suggests no perceivable 
terminus to SCP-3436/-i's subterranean 
dimensions. With limited data, tunneling cannot be 
suggested or justified for excavation and 
relocation. 


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