on human skin. If introduced to other organisms, SCP-1121 remains 
dormant. DNA extracted from samples of SCP-1121 shares genes 
with several insect species, such as Afrocimex constrictus, 
Gryllotalpa brachyptera and Doru aculeatum while also containing 
several genes not currently found in known flora or fauna. SCP-1121 
does not seem to procreate naturally and does not need fluid to 
survive. 


Once introduced to S. epidermidis SCP-1121 mutates all instances 
of the bacteria into SCP-1121-1 (classified as Staphylococcus 
epidermidis exitiabilis) before dying. At this point, a subject is 
considered infected and will start to show stage | symptoms as 
detailed below. Note that, while S. epidermidis does not normally 
cause infection in healthy human beings, the SCP-1121-1 pathogen 
infects 100% of subjects exposed to it. 


SCP-1121-1 has proven resistant to all known antibiotics and at this 
time no known cure for infections with Staphylococcus epidermidis 
exitiabilis exists. 


A subject infected with SCP-1121-1 goes through a set number of 
stages: 


|: Two to five hours after initial infection small white lesions appear 
on the skin. This does not differ from infection by S. epidermidis, 
making wrong diagnoses a distinct possibility. 


Il: Approximately twenty-four hours after the on-set of stage I, the 
lesions will gradually begin to disappear, the infection having spread 
to the lower layers of the patient's skin. SCP-1121-1 then consumes 
the subcutaneous tissue, transforming it into a highly viscous 
substance. This process is extremely painful. The sufferer's skin is 
at this point connected to underlying tissues only by the substance 
excreted by SCP-1121-1. In addition, subjects’ skin turns pale and 
slouches in areas, mimicking the effects of massive sudden weight 
loss. 


Ill: Patients begin removing their skin from their body. Most sufferers 
use their own hands for skinning, though in some cases patients 

resorted to using various tools including knives, windshield scrapers 
and in one case a [REDACTED]. This process seems to be painless 


due to the events of stage II and does not seem to be a conscious 
activity. When the anomalous substance underneath the skin is 
exposed to air, it gradually [DATA EXPUNGED] commonly found on 
insects. Victims rapidly become disoriented and invariably hostile to 
anyone not infected by SCP-1121-1 as the process of skin removal 
progresses. In light of this, termination of all victims is necessary, 
preferably before the disease enters stage III. 


No occurrences of SCP-1121 have been observed outside of initial 
containment, but the bacterium replicates itself rapidly during stages 
| and II. Infection of new patients occurs primarily by skin-to-skin 
contact, though evidence exists of infections spreading in situations 
where no direct contact was observed, making Level A Hazmat 
equipment a precautionary must when handling any samples of 
SCP-1121-1. Furthermore, SCP-1121-1 has been observed to 
remain active long after stage III has concluded, with samples of 
skin showing active cultures of the mutated bacteria for up to 

years after initial infection. It is currently unknown during what period 
of time removed skin remains an infection hazard. 


Addendum 1121-A-01: Recovery and preliminary containment 
notes 


SCP-1121 was discovered on a meteorite unearthed during an 
archeological dig in , New Mexico in 19 . The archeologist first 
exposed to the meteorite was infected with SCP-1121-1 and is at 
this point considered to be patient zero. Within two days the 
infection had spread from patient zero to the entire on-site research 
team and several citizens of . Initial containment was managed 
by the CDC, but after patient zero entered stage III of the disease, 
operatives within that agency brought in the Foundation. The 
meteorite and patient zero were transferred to Biological Research 
Site-13 and all land in a ten kilometer radius around the dig site was 
cleared using Mk 77 bombs. 


The only known colonies of SCP-1121 were recovered from the 
meteorite. Mass spectrometer analysis using rubidium-strontium 
dating of samples determined its age to be approximately 
2,500,200,000 years. 


Addendum 1121-A-02: Excerpts from testing log 1121-T 


Test designation: 1121-T-01 
Name/Personnel ID: Dr. 
Test subject: D-73345 


Transcript: 
02/ /19 - 20:34: D-73345 was placed in an artificial 
coma and SCP-1121-1 was introduced to his skin. 


02/ /19 - 23:17: Stage 1 symptoms set in with lesions 
appearing to spread evenly across subject's body. 
Lesions seem to be radiating out from the left outer thigh 
where SCP-1121-1 was applied to subject's skin. 


03/ /19 - 22:48: Subject still in coma. Lesions have 
started to disappear and subject's skin has been 
observed to be undulating slightly. 


04/ /19 - 03:17: Undulation seems to have stopped. 
Skin seems pale, but subject's vital signs are still good. 
Subject brought out of artificial coma. Once D-73345 is 
lucid enough for conversation, Dr. initiates contact 
over the intercom. 


Dr. : D-73345, how are you feeling? 
D-73345: Fine, | guess. | look pale. *subject grunts* 
Dr. : Anything you'd like to share with us? 


D-73345: Not really. Look, doc, how much longer am | 
gonna be here? 


Dr. : Just a little while longer, D-73345. We need to 
observe your behavior. 


D-73345: My behavior? What the hell's wrong with my 
behavior? 


Dr. : Nothing's wrong with your behavior, we just... 


D-73345: You're goddamn right nothing's wrong with my 
behavior! 


Dr. : No need for hostility, D-73345. We're just here 
to learn from you. 


Research Assistant _: Doctor, I'm not sure | can stand 
this. 


D-73345: You can't stand what, asshole? 
*Research Assistant — leaves the control room” 


Dr. : My assistant had to excuse himself. It seems 
he's disturbed by your activities since you woke up. 


D-73345: What the fuck is wrong with you dicks? I've just 
been sitting here... 


Dr. : ...tearing long strips of your skin off your left 
leg. Yes, | know. 


D-73345 was observed without comment for 
approximately one hour and thirty-two minutes until he'd 
removed all skin from his body and had become highly 
erratic and volatile. Subject terminated and incinerated 
as per protocol 


Test designation: 1121-T-05 
Name/Personnel ID: Dr. 


Test subject: D-14523, D-4237, D-72389, D-92392, 
D-24239, D-22984, D-49324, D-3722, D-2293, D-14818, 
D-88324, D-54491 


Transcript: 
21/ /19 - 15:13: Subjects were placed in an artificial 
coma and SCP-1121-1 was introduced to their skin. 


21/ /19 - 16:58: Stage 1 symptoms set in on D-49234, 
other subjects follow. 


21/ /19 - 17:44: Last subjects begins to show stage | 
symptoms. 


22/ /19 - 18:56: First subject enters stage II, other 
subjects follow more rapidly than during stage I. 


23/ /19 -00:01: Last subject enters stage III. Subjects 
brought out of artificial coma and observed. 


23/ /19 - 00:13: Subjects begin removing skin while 
talking amongst themselves. Conversation soon 
becomes increasingly erratic as subjects remove more 
skin from their bodies. No hostility towards other test 
subjects noted. 


23/ /19 - 03:34: Subjects are now entirely skinless. The 
unknown substance hidden beneath their epidermis 
seems to be [DATA EXPUNGED] milling around like 
[REDACTED]. We'll need to study this behaviour further. 


Subjects terminated and incinerated as per protocol 


Addendum 1121-A-03: 


You know like when you were a kid? You'd dig out the 
ants' nest and step on the biggest one just to see them 
all run around like little maniacs? They reminded me of 
that...the way they just...stumbled around flailing. 

- Research Assistant 


Addendum 1121-A-04: 


After 1121-T-5, it's been theorized that SCP-1121 could 
be part of a terraforming experiment. If that is the case, 
one is left to wonder just what it was supposed to turn us 
into. If it's even us they were after. 

- Dr. 


Footnotes 
1. Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus 


« SCP-1120 | SCP-1121 | SCP-1122 » 


SCP-1122: The House of Tomorrow 


Item #: SCP-1122 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: All roads leading to SCP-1122 
are to be sealed off, with two armed guards posted outside 
SCP-1122 at all times to prevent unauthorized access. No artificial 
devices invented after 1940 (with the exception of any recording 
devices, which must be worn discreetly) are to be carried into 
SCP-1122 without administrator approval. All test subjects must be 
searched before entry to prevent the introduction of unauthorized 
items into SCP-1122’s environment. 


Description: SCP-1122 is an abandoned tourist attraction located 
on the outskirts of , . [twas originally constructed in 195 as 
a “house of tomorrow”, a demonstration of the then-futuristic 
technologies expected to become commonplace over the following 
twenty-five years. There is no evidence that SCP-1122 displayed 
any anomalous properties prior to its abandonment. 


SCP-1122’s interior is unusually well-maintained, and filled with 
devices that neither existed at the time of the building’s construction 
nor exist in the present. Among other things, the house has a 
kitchen stocked with food pills that change into three-course meals 
upon hydration, miniature robots that perform routine cleaning and 
maintenance, and a garage containing a car capable of flight. 
Smuggling these items out of the house has revealed that they do 
not function outside of SCP-1122. Although SCP-1122's technology 
is more advanced than modern technology in some respects, it is 
less advanced in others: there are no miniaturized computers on the 
premises, and the house’s television is of a considerably lower 
picture quality than its modern counterparts. 


The house is also populated by a Caucasian family of four, 
consisting of a man (SCP-1122-1) and a woman (SCP-1122-2) in 


their mid-thirties, an adolescent daughter (SCP-1122-3), anda 
prepubescent son (SCP-1122-4). Although persons inside 
SCP-1122 occasionally witness the family members entering and 
leaving through the house's doors, no inhabitant of SCP-1122 has 
ever been seen outside of the building. All four residents of 
SCP-1122 are docile and, at the time of their original discovery, 
perpetually cheerful, and are usually willing to answer any questions 
posed to them. 


When asked for today’s date, all four residents will claim that it is 
exactly ten years after the current date. (The Foundation originally 
believed SCP-1122 to be predictive, though this has since been 
proven false.) Their knowledge of history prior to the year 195 is 
relatively accurate. When questioned about history subsequent to 
195 , they refer to fictitious persons and events such as the creation 
of a lunar colony, while failing to recognize real events. 


SCP-1122’s most unusual property was demonstrated on / /199, 
when Dr. ’s mobile phone rang while conducting an interview 
with the family. During ’s next visit, he noticed SCP-1122-2 
talking on a mobile phone of identical design to his own, which the 
family has used ever since. Upon interrogation, SCP-1122-1 denied 
that the phone was a new addition, claiming that he had always 
owned it. SCP-1122-3 and SCP-1122-4 then complained to Dr. 

that their mother was too occupied with talking on the phone to pay 
attention to them, the first time any residents of SCP-1122 displayed 
unhappiness. 


Whenever a device that was not in widespread household use 
before 195 is seen by the residents of SCP-1122, it will be 
integrated into the house from that point onward, often replacing an 
original item. (Food pills disappeared from SCP-1122 after the 
introduction of a microwave oven, for example.) Each new item has, 
without fail, had a negative effect on the house’s inhabitants. 
SCP-1122-1 has frequently been seen drinking, lamenting how 
"things should be better", while SCP-1122-3 and SCP-1122-4 have 
become more introverted and are rarely seen outside their rooms. 


« SCP-1121 | SCP-1122 | SCP-1123 » 


SCP-1123: Atrocity Skull 


Item #: SCP-1123 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: To prevent degradation of 
SCP-1123 and its markings, it is to be kept in a hermetically sealed 
container in an argon gas atmosphere when not being tested. 
During testing and storage, light exposure should be limited to 50 
lux, temperature between 20 and 24 degrees Celsius, and relative 
humidity at 55%. SCP-1123 should only be transported in its 
container, and should not be handled except during a controlled 
experiment. When not being tested, it will be stored in a secure 
climate-controlled locker at Site 19. 


Description: SCP-1123 is a human skull missing the lower 
mandible and all its teeth. Across the exterior squama frontalis is 
modern Khmer script, written in human blood, that translates as 
“Remember.” Both skull and blood have been definitively dated to 
197 , and genetic testing confirms that both are from the same 
individual. 


SCP-1123 was discovered in 198 by Colonel Hu of the 
Vietnamese People’s Army within a collection of human remains in 
the custody of the Museum in , Cambodia. 
SCP-1123 was intercepted by Foundation agents as it was being 
delivered to Hanoi. 


The Khmer script is badly faded, and invisible to most subjects 
beyond 5 meters distance. However, when a subject approaches 
SCP-1123 they will report the script becoming progressively more 
visible until, at less than 1 meter, they will report it appearing as if 
freshly drawn. A few subjects at this distance report the writing is 
“still wet.” This effect is not reproducible with optical equipment. To 
record the script photographically requires optical enhancement or 
UV lighting. (The latter is not approved for use with SCP-1123 as it 


contributes to the degradation of the object.) Subjects at this 
distance will often also report other anomalous sensory phenomena, 
including smells (such as cooking meat or ashes), sounds (Such as 
soft crying, low heartbeats or breathing, or distant footsteps), and 
tactile responses (such as grit in the eyes, ants crawling on the back 
of the hand, or glass splinters in the sole of the foot.) 


When subjects touch the surface of SCP-1123, they will experience 
a dissociative fugue state. Initiation of the fugue state appears 
instantaneous and is not affected by cessation of contact with 
SCP-1123. Symptoms of the fugue persist for ninety minutes to six 
hours. The fugue is characterized by confusion, disorientation, and 
adoption of a new identity and memories which consist of 
knowledge, including language, previously unknown to the subject. 
During the fugue the subject will lose all memories of their prior 
identity. Subjects have shown various reactions to this, ranging from 
near-catatonia to attempts to escape or attack Foundation 
personnel. As the fugue state subsides, the subject will regain 
memories of their prior identity, but will also retain memory of the 
new, imprinted identity and all the knowledge associated with it. 
Subjects have said that it was “as if they lived an entire other life as 
some other person” in the period between touching SCP-1123 and 
recovering from the fugue. 


Post-fugue interviews have provided enough corroborative 
informationin of studied cases for researchers to find historical 
documentation confirming the imprinted personality's 
correspondence to a specific individual who had lived at some time 
prior to the subject. There appears no connection between the origin 
of the imprinted personality and the identity of the subject based on 
age, genealogy, gender, ethnicity or national origin. 


Imprinted personalities share the following characteristics: 


1. The imprint died before the subject's birth. (Dates have 
ranged to as early as 90 years prior, to less than 1 year.) 

2. The imprint was a victim of subjugation, torture and/or 
imprisonment.