SCP-2422-C: Wow. That's kind of a royal fuck- 
up. | would probably just be glad it didn't 
happen with one of the other things in here. 


Dr. Welsch: //aughs] Yeah, | guess so. 


SCP-2422-C: 'Cause, man, some of those 
things are friggin’ scary. 


Dr. Welsch: Do they bother you? 


SCP-2422-C: Sometimes. They bother all of 
us sometimes. 


Dr. Welsch: Really? Why haven't you 
mentioned it before? We could have 
soundproofed your cells or— 


SCP-2422-C: We aim to please, remember? 
Most people aren't pleased when they're given 
extra work to do. 


Dr. Welsch: If you're unhappy, we can do 
something about it. 


SCP-2422-C: We want to leave. To get away. 
That would make us happy. 


Dr. Welsch: The note 2422-A gave us said 
that you couldn't be separated, and it's our 
responsibility to keep you here. 


SCP-2422-C: We all hate this place. 


Dr. Welsch: Well, your family certainly seems 
satisfied with their lifestyle. 


SCP-2422-C: Do you really think that? 


SCP-921-2 seems to serve as a sort of guide and curator to 
instances of SCP-921-1 housed within SCP-921; when prompted, it 
will provide directions to a specific object or area of SCP-921 or offer 
a limited explanation of the sensation contained within an individual 
object. The exact extent of SCP-921-2's sentience is uncertain. 


SCP-921-2 refers to various sections of SCP-921 as "wings" and to 
instances of SCP-921-1 as "focus points". Each wing, room and 
object is named. New rooms and wings will occasionally appear 
within SCP-921, containing new focus points. These new areas of 
SCP-921 will always be connected to an existing wing of the same 
general composition. 


+ Sub-Area 3- "The Drowned Grotto Wing" 


Description: A series of large natural caves, connected 
by a series of tunnels, many submerged underwater. 
Some sections of this wing receive natural sunlight. The 
focus points in this subsection are stalagmite and 
stalactite formations. 


Notable focus points: 


* Focus point #3 ("Summer Peak"): A single 
stalagmite, 8.6 meters tall, activated by touch. 
Instills a sensation of acute vertigo, in addition toa 
subdued sensation of cold (described by subjects 
as similar to that felt when wearing warm clothes in 
a cold climate) and thin air. Subjects will also 
occasionally hear several phrases repeated in 
German and English ("Too steep", "Leave him 
behind", "We need to turn back", "Such a waste"). 


SCP-921-2's Comment: "A failed expedition. An 
insurmountable challenge, for a while. Death comes 
slowly, while men reconsider and finally flee." 


* Focus point #12 ("The Trial"): A small stalagmite, 
stationed in front of two larger stalagmites. Instills 
a sensation of defiance, sorrow, fear, anda 
certainty of one's innocence, as well as the scent 


Dr. Welsch: Well, they haven’t given us any 
indication otherwise. 


SCP-2422-C: We're programmed not to. 
Dr. Welsch: By Wandering Father? 
SCP-2422-C: Yes, by him. 


Dr. Welsch: Then why are you so unhappy? 
Aren't you fulfilling your purpose? 


SCP-2422-C: None of us asked for this. We 
were made to make people happy, but none of 
us want to, really. Wandering Father gave us a 
purpose, and then he gave us about three- 
quarters of a free will. We feel compelled to 
make others happy, but we don’t enjoy it. 


Dr. Welsch: But why don’t you enjoy making 
others happy? Do you not enjoy being kind? 


SCP-2422-C: Not when we have no choice. 
[Both pause] 


SCP-2422-C: Look, you have to see what we 
do when no one’s around. | know you have 
cameras in our rooms. 


Dr. Welsch: We haven’t noticed anything 
unusual. 


SCP-2422-C: You haven't seen my parents 
after they go to bed? 


Dr. Welsch: They have a habit of concealing 
themselves entirely by their covers. We've 
figured it’s best to allow them a small measure 
of privacy. 


SCP-2422-C: Oh my God, you think they’re 


having sex? 
Dr. Welsch: Well, we assumed— 


SCP-2422-C: | guarantee you neither of them 
have had sex in their lives. They hide 
themselves because they don’t want you to 
see them crying. 


[Both pause] 
Dr. Welsch: You mean they— 


SCP-2422-C: They don’t like it any more than | 
do. They just care more about hiding it. 


Dr. Welsch: 2422-C, |’m— 


SCP-2422-C: You're sorry. | know. Frankly, it’s 
not good enough. 


Dr. Welsch: Is there anything | can say? 
SCP-2422-C: Not really. 
[Both pause] 


SCP-2422-C: You know, | would have slit my 
wrists already if | didn't know it would cause 
you mountains of grief. 


Dr. Welsch: You're really suicidal? 
SCP-2422-C: Wouldn't you be? 
[Dr. Welsch pauses] 


Dr. Welsch: I'm going to get you different 
antidepressants as soon as this session is 
over. Ones without the appetite suppression. 


SCP-2422-C: They won't help. 


Dr. Welsch: Depression is caused by a 
chemical imbalance in the brain, one which 
antidepressants are made to fix— 


SCP-2422-C: Just like I'm made to fix 'UnJoy,' 
right? It's not the chemicals that cause it, it's 
the situation. This entire fucking place causes 
it. Hell, it's my existence that causes it. Dad 
says | should be grateful | didn't turn out like 
the others, but sometimes | wish | did. The 
others were euthanized. 


Dr. Welsch: Others? What others? 


SCP-2422-C: Wandering Father's failed 
projects. Some of them were pretty horrific. 


Dr. Welsch: What were they like? 


SCP-2422-C: Sorry, I'm not at liberty to say. 
You should ask my brother. He has a little bit 
less of a filter. 


Dr. Welsch: You're not at liberty to say? 


SCP-2422-C: It's not in my programming. Hey, 
I'm tired and really angry at you, and | can tell 
you're upset, too. Let's end this session here 
before | make you depressed, too. Okay? 


[Dr. Welsch pauses] 
Dr. Welsch: Fine. 
<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Following this interview, 
Dr. Welsch went on a two week leave for 
mental heath purposes. The decision whether 
or not to allow SCP-2422-C and SCP-2240-1 
to come into contact is still pending. 


Interviewed: SCP-2422-B 
Interviewer: Dr. Cardinal 


Foreword: The following transcript is of a 
routine interview with SCP-2422-B, to ensure 
its mental health was in stable condition. This 
is the only recorded case of SCP-2422-B 
articulating significant distress while under the 
supervision of the Foundation. 


<Begin Log> 
Dr. Cardinal: Good afternoon, 2422-B. 


SCP-2422-B: Good afternoon, Doctor. How 
are you? 


Dr. Cardinal: |’m doing well, thank you. How 
are you? 


SCP-2422-B: | can’t complain. 


Dr. Cardinal: | see. Have you been getting all 
the food you’ve requested? 


SCP-2422-B: We have what we need. 


Dr. Cardinal: If you’d like more, it could 
certainly be arranged. 


SCP-2422-B: Please, Doctor, we don’t want to 
burden the Foundation. 


Dr. Cardinal: Seriously. If you want more, just 
ask. It’s no trouble at all. 


SCP-2422-B: We have what we need. You 
don’t need to worry. You provide more for us 
than we could have ever hoped. 


Dr. Cardinal: How has your family been 


doing? 


SCP-2422-B: We're content. We love the 
Facility. -D’s been really happy recently — he’s 
focusing on Biology this month in school and 
he’s reading about snakes right now. He loves 
every second of it. Thank you for the 
textbooks, by the way. 


Dr. Cardinal: Of course. Everyone deserves a 
good education. 


SCP-2422-B: That they do. We're so glad 
you've been able to provide that. 


Dr. Cardinal: It couldn’t happen without you. 
You are a fantastic mother to those children. 


SCP-2422-B: Thank you, Doctor. That means 
a lot. 


Dr. Cardinal: Tissue? 


SCP-2422-B: No. No, thank you. | don’t want 
to waste your resources. 


Dr. Cardinal: It’s not a waste. We’re here to 
provide for you, remember? Go ahead. 


[He slides a tissue box towards SCP-2422-B.] 


SCP-2422-B: No, thank you. Really. I’m fine. 
You don’t need to help me. 


[SCP-2422-B slides the box back towards Dr. 
Cardinal. ] 


Dr. Cardinal: 2422-B, can! ask youa 
question? 


SCP-2422-B: Of course, Doctor. That’s why 
you bring me to these meetings every week, 


isn't it? To ask me questions? 

[Dr. Cardinal laughs.] 

Dr. Cardinal: | suppose so. 

SCP-2422-B: Well, go on, then. 

Dr. Cardinal: 2422-B, how do you really feel? 
SCP-2422-B: |’m sorry? 


Dr. Cardinal: The reason | asked about the 
food is because | noticed you haven't been 
eating. You refuse help when it’s offered and 
feel our resources are wasted on you. Those 
behaviors are all textbook warning signs of 
depression. 


SCP-2422-B: What? 


Dr. Cardinal: Your daughter has already been 
diagnosed with clinical depression. While the 
disease is not genetic, certain studies have 
shown that people can be genetically 
predisposed to be at higher risk, so | would like 
to make sure you're alright. 


SCP-2422-B: No. No, I’m fine. | just— | just 
want to make people happy. 


Dr. Cardinal: Alright, then. You know what 
would make me happy? 


SCP-2422-B: What? 


Dr. Cardinal: If you told me the truth about 
how you feel and why. It doesn’t have to leave 
this room if you don’t want it to, but | need to 
know. Please, could you do that for me? 


[SCP-2422-B does not speak for forty-six 


seconds. ] 


SCP-2422-B: I’ve been having dreams for 
awhile now. Dreams about being cut open. 
Having my guts rearranged, put in all the 
wrong places, then being sewn up and forced 
to go on with my life. | feel like a shell. | feel 
like I’m the only one who wants to see any 
good in the world. 


Dr. Cardinal: | don’t understand what you 
mean. 


SCP-2422-B: My daughter hates the world 
and everything in it, including me. We used to 
be so close, and now she won’t talk to me at 
all. She’s sad all the time and the medicine 
you give her doesn’t help. 


Dr. Cardinal: We're trying new medication— 


SCP-2422-B: And then my son — my beautiful 
baby boy — is retarded. 


[Dr. Cardinal winces.] 
SCP-2422-B: Sorry. You don’t like that word. 


Dr. Cardinal: My nephew’s autistic, too. | 
know it’s hard. 


SCP-2422-B: But he had so much potentiat 
he could have changed the world. | know he 
could have. He was so intelligent when he was 
younger and now he’s almost thirteen and he 
sits on the floor all day reading books 
designed for eight-year-olds full of cutesie 
rhymes explaining that snakes have bones just 
like other reptiles. And then my husband- 


[SCP-2422-B breaks off and begins to sob. Dr. 
Cardinal offers it the tissue box again and it 


blows its nose.] 
Dr. Cardinal: What did your husband do? 


SCP-2422-B: My husband is trying to sleep 
with one of your researchers. 


[Dr. Cardinal pauses. ] 
Dr. Cardinal: What? 


SCP-2422-B: Last week, when | got back from 
this meeting, he met me by the door and he 
kissed me like he always does. He asked me 
how it went and | looked in his eyes and | saw 
it all. That boy came by to deliver -C’s 
medication and he flirted with my husband like 
he always does. You know, | always thought if 
the boy was gay that was his business and if 
flirting made him happy he could flirt. But he 
delivered my daughter’s medication while | 
was here talking to you and this time when he 
flirted, my husband kissed him. 


Dr. Cardinal: kissed 2422-A? 


SCP-2422-B: No, my husband kissed him. 
And just like that | was alone. | thought of all 
people my husband would put my happiness 
above everyone else’s, but | was wrong. | 
thought we had a good thing going. We 
might've built something like a life in here. | 
should have realized it couldn’t work. If he’s 
trying to make that boy happy, then I’m proud 
of him. | just wish sometimes | could feel 
happy, too. 


Dr. Cardinal: 2422-B, if what you say is true, 

should get reprimanded for this. No matter 
the circumstances, his actions are considered 
sexual assault. 


SCP-2422-B: Please don’t fire him. He’s a 
good kid. He just wants to be happy. 


Dr. Cardinal: Why didn’t we see this happen 
on the cameras? 


SCP-2422-B: We've found the places your 
cameras don’t see. There are blind spots 
everywhere. You're not as airtight as you think. 


Dr. Cardinal: |’ll make sure this gets fixed 
immediately. 


SCP-2422-B: Don’t bother. It’s a band-aid 
solution. 


Dr. Cardinal: It’s a fixing of a serious security 
hazard. 


SCP-2422-B: Jesus, you still think we’re 
dangerous? Haven't we proven enough to 
you? Our purpose is to make the world a 
happier place! If we break out, the entire 
Foundation will be unhappy. We'll fail. 


Dr. Cardinal: |’m just following protocol. 
SCP-2422-B: Protocol. Right. 


Dr. Cardinal: I'll soeak with 2422-A and then 
see if | can get you some antidepressants, too. 


SCP-2422-B: Don’t bother. They won’t work 
for me any more than they work for my 
daughter. This is an awful place. It’s cold and 
it's septic and it’s full of horrible things. | wish | 
had never met Wandering Father. 


Dr. Cardinal: What do you mean? 


SCP-2422-B: I’m sorry? 


Dr. Cardinal: What do you mean you “met” 
Wandering Father? 


SCP-2422-B: | didn’t say that. You must have 
misheard me. Don’t worry, Doctor. It happens 
to the best of us. 


[Both pause.] 


SCP-2422-B: I'd best be getting home. My 
husband will be wondering where | am. It was 
nice talking to you, Doctor. I’m glad we have 
these meetings. You have a good day, okay? 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Dr. Cardinal’s request to 
have antidepressants administered to 
SCP-2422-B is pending approval. Additional 
security cameras are in the process of being 
installed in SCP-2422’s cells. has been 
reprimanded for his actions and moved to a 
different project. 


Interviewed: SCP-2422-A 


Interviewer: Dr. Cardinal 


Foreword: Following SCP-2422-B's claims of 
SCP-2422-A's possible infidelity, considering 
the fundamental conflict these actions brought 
up with SCP-2422's purpose, Dr. Cardinal 
requested an interview with SCP-2422-A to 
attempt to understand the situation. 


<Begin Log> 
Dr. Cardinal: Hello, 2422-A. 


SCP-2422-A: Hello, Doctor. How can | help 
you? 


of aged wood and wax candles burning. Voices 
speaking in Dutch and Hebrew are heard as if 
coming from a long distance ("Dangerous 
thoughts", "Must be removed from the community 
and the city", "Pantheist! Heretic!", "One of us no 
longer"). 


SCP-921-2's comment: "A small man stands accused of 
large thoughts. His world is too perfect and still for his 
peers, so they cast him aside. All of his brightness does 
nothing to shield him from the pain." 


¢ Focus point #19 ("Lead Tidebreaker"): A formation 
of eleven stalactites surrounding two stalagmites. 
All but one of the stalactites is broken. Instills a 
sensation of bewilderment, anxiety, and bloodlust, 
as well as the smell of gunpowder, the rattling 
sound of machine guns and the crunching of sand 
under military boots. 


SCP-921-2's comment: "A whirling tide of iron flows to 
drown a small island of crimson. Instead, the waves 
themselves are broken on its shores, their iron staining 
the sands. The tide never stood a chance." 


+ Sub-Area 11- "The Inky Chambers Wing" 


Description: A series of study rooms and offices, each 
containing a desk and a means of writing, carved directly 
into the mountain and connected by wide corridors. The 
focus points in this area are either the desks or the 
writing tools. 


Notable focus points: 


* Focus Point #4 ("A Moment of Peace"): A 
typewriter stationed in an ornate study. Instills a 
vision of an underground bunker occupied by 
several young women in military uniforms, all 
working on typewriters similar to the focus point. 
The sound of a bombing run can be heard from 


Dr. Cardinal: | just need to give you a quick 
survey to make sure everything’s fine with you 
and your family’s containment. | have all the 
questions on this paper here. 


SCP-2422-A: Alright. Go ahead. 


Dr. Cardinal: Alright. First question: how have 
things been with your marriage? 


SCP-2422-A: Ah. Not even giving me a freebie 
easy one, eh?