SCP-2263 was discovered in a warehouse in , Ohio, which was 
registered to a Mister Johann __. Upon research it has been 
discovered that no such person had ever lived in the town. The 
Foundation first became aware of SCP-2263 after local authorities 
investigated a break-in report and discovered SCP-2263's 
anomalous properties. Objects were recovered by Mobile Task 
Force Omicron-3 ("Spooky Scary") over the course of 13 hours. All 
62 instances were successfully recovered, and MTF-O3 suffered 
two casualities, three instances of severe burns, one instance of 
hypothermia, one severed arm, and one instance of radiation 
poisoning. 


At the warehouse in which SCP-2263 was recovered; a mattress, 
approximately 3 months worth of canned food and bottled water, 
and various sculptural tools were found, as well as 62 letters (one 
for each instance) written in Dutch and addressed to an individual 
named only as "Jacob", explaining how long each piece would take 
to complete, and how much it would cost to produce (each instance 
was always billed at exactly $543.21 USD). No explanation is ever 
given as to how an instance of SCP-2263 is created, or how 
materials are acquired. Only one reply was found at the scene, also 
in Dutch, addressed to the warehouse. See below for a transcript. 


+ Document 2263-63 


My dearest Johann, excellent work, | am very 
much anticipating the completion of the 
project. If all goes according to plan | will be in 
the states to personally pick them up very 
soon. | will have your money plus a little extra 
for your hard work. The likeness is astounding. 
Sincerely, Jacob 


Footnotes 
1. This individual's identity is not currently known, but is believed to 
be an associate of the creator of SCP-2263, as several letters 


later claimed responsibility for the image. Mass application of 
amnestics necessary to partially suppress public knowledge of this 
event. 


Experiment X-259-1 — A battery-powered computer was set up in 
an uninhabited area of the Desert to render an image of the 
Weisenglass Spiral, with remote cameras and sensors set up to 
monitor the results. Foundation personnel observed at a safe 
distance. Upon completion of the image, a circular area appeared in 
front of the computer, approximately 1 m in diameter, emitting a 
blinding white light followed by a ball of superheated plasma. The 
plasma dissipated after expanding to an area of cubic meters. 
Given the interference provided by the building in Incident K-259-1, 
this is consistent with the damage observed. 


Dr. considers it interesting that SCP-259 took effect without 
direct human observation. 


Experiment X-259-2 — Experiment X-259-1 re-created, except the 
size of the rendered fractal was doubled. Upon completion of image, 
a black portal approximately 3 m in diameter appeared, and all 
matter within mwas pulled into it. This is consistent with an 
otherwise unexplained incident in , _, where an apartment 
building was described by observers as imploding and disappearing, 
leavinga mdeep hole. 


Experiment X-259-3 — Generation of an inverted version of 
SCP-259. [DATA EXPUNGED] and area quarantined pending 
containment of multiple examples of SCP- 


« SCP-258 | SCP-259 | SCP-260 » 


addressed to a Jacob , in Maastricht, The Netherlands were 
found at the site of SCP-2263's recovery. Upon investigation, no 
such person was found to exist. 


« SCP-2262 | SCP-2263 | SCP-2264 » 


SCP-2264: In the Court of Alagadda 


Item #: SCP-2264 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to the unavoidably public 
nature of the building housing SCP-2264-A, security measures are 
to focus on preventing civilian access to the anomaly's entrance. 
The Foundation is to cooperate with the government of the United 
Kingdom in concealing the existence of SCP-2264-A. A hidden 
passage to SCP-2264-A has been constructed and remains its only 
means of access. The original entrance to the room where 
SCP-2264-A is located has been walled over, ensuring that only 
authorized personnel have access to SCP-2264-A. Operatives are 
to be reassigned and replaced monthly due to the threat of 
psychological addiction to SCP-2264-B. 


Description: SCP-2264-A is a door composed of iron located within 
a hidden chamber beneath Martin Tower, a part of the Tower of 
London.! The gateway cannot be unlocked through traditional 
means, requiring a highly ritualized process. Attached to SCP-2264- 
A is acomplex apparatus composed of alchemical tools such as 
alembics, retorts, and a crucible. 


Based on journals found within the hidden chamber, SCP-2264-A2 
is presumably the creation of Henry Percy (27 April 1564 —5 
November 1632), 9th Earl of Northumberland, an English aristocrat, 
alchemist, and long-term prisoner within the Tower of London. 
Despite his incarcerated status, the Earl maintained a degree of 
influence, said to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle and allowed access to 
books and research material. He was known as The Wizard Earl 
due to his extensive library and interests in the scientific and occult. 


It is considered possible that others within Percy's circle of 
associates were involved in the creation of SCP-2264-A, including 
John Dee, famed alchemist and court astrologer of Queen Elizabeth. 


The School of Night,3 of which Henry Percy was supposedly 
member to, may have also had involvement. 


Journal of Henry Percy, The Wizard Earl: 


nigredo: 

we wilt confront the dark night of the soul - the [pineal 
gland] wilt be freshly extract'd. fire evokes the shadow 
within. 


albedo: 

wash aroint the impurities - rain cleanses all sin and 
prepares the soul f'r Elysium. divide, not as dictat'd by 
the rigors of harmony, but rather into two opposing 
principles to be later coagulat'd to form a unity of 
opposites. 


citrinitas: 

victory coincides with the yellowing of the lunar 
consciousness. the white surrenders to dawn; the 
travelling lamp slays the moon. 


rubedo: 
red alludes; instead, surrender upon the apparatus a 
sanguine sacrifice. 


A Foundation alchemist was consulted. The instructions are roughly 
comparable with the magnum opus; a four-part process employed in 
the creation of the mythical philosopher's stone. Replication of this 
procedure required [REDACTED].4 


Through still undetermined means, a mechanism within SCP-2264-A 
responds to the completed solution, causing it to unlock and open - 
allowing access to SCP-2264-B. 


SCP-2264-B is an extradimensional city which does not correspond 
to any known location, earthly or otherwise. Objects that originate 
from within SCP-2264-B will dematerialize if brought through 
SCP-2264-A. Such objects have been later found returned to the 
site of their initial removal. 


Those who enter SCP-2264-B report having all personal belongings 
removed and their clothes replaced. Manifested outfits are said to 
resemble those worn at masquerade balls, most especially those 
associated with the Carnival of Venice, and will dematerialize upon 
exit of SCP-2264-B. Masks cannot be removed while inside 
SCP-2264-B but the rest of the attire can be discarded if one 
chooses to do so. The majority of SCP-2264-B inhabitants are 
dressed and adorned in a similar fashion; agents have reported a 
somewhat organic quality to their costumes, frequently describing it 
as "chitinous". The most common inhabitants of SCP-2264-B are 
roughly humanoid and have since have been classified as 
SCP-2264-1. 


The sky has been described as yellow and containing an 
indeterminate number of black stars, corresponding with no known 
or even hypothesized constellations. Buildings are shaped in such a 
manner as to suggest them being carved from a single seamless 
material. Black, white, yellow, and red are the only colors to 
reportedly occur within SCP-2264-B. Architecture is non-euclidean 
and the normal laws of gravity do not apply,® thus inhabitants can be 
observed as climbing a stairway upside-down, but based on their 
own gravity source, they are climbing normally. 


The city has been described as having the odor of "dried flowers 
with a hint of mold", or a scent "not unlike that of old books". The 
actual size of the city has been difficult to measure but it appears to 
be located on an island, surrounded by a black ocean, the 
composition of the liquid unknown but described as appearing more 
viscous than water. 


Operatives have reported a hypnagogic malaise while exploring 
SCP-2264-B, with difficulty estimating time and space. Although 
SCP-2264-B is a tangible location and not considered to be an 
actual dream, those who had a history of lucid dreaming have 
shown far greater self-control and attention to detail than those who 
did not. Operatives are to be reassigned and replaced monthly due 
to the threat of psychological addiction to SCP-2264-B. Initial efforts 
at exploration resulted in eight AWOL operatives with those that 
returned having difficulty describing what they had observed ina 
coherent and/or detailed manner. 


+ Exploration Report / / 
: Dr. Calixto Narvaez (1st Deployment) 


The almost hypnagogic nature of SCP-2264-B 
has led many to observe it as a dream or 
hallucination, failing to fully recognize its inherit 
verisimilitude. A lucid dreamer and an 
experienced user of hallucinogenics, | (Dr. 
Calixto Narvaez), was well chosen for this 
mission. My comrades quickly surrendered to 
the anomaly, engaging in the decadent 
pleasures of the city; most especially within the 
palace. 


Tempting as it was, | did not join the others in 
their rapturous orgy. | would suggest 
interviewing those that previously entered 
SCP-2264-B again; it is unlikely they've gone 
into all the details. When allowed a chance to 
directly control a dream, so many claim they 
would fly or visit the stars; those people are 
liars. Most choose to surrender to the ecstatic 
delirium of sexual pleasure. 


Again, this is not a dream, but | am able to 
understand why most are unable to perceive 
the difference. | am reminded of the legend of 
the Hassassins, how their leader supposedly 
drugged and led his recruits into his castle; 
within was a pleasure garden that rivaled any 
imagined paradise - the individuals truly 
believed they were offered a taste of the 
divine. SCP-2264-B works in a somewhat 
similar way but | do not believe that is the 
reason for its splendor. | doubt it is intended to 
be a trap. It is simply a city (although certainly 
a majestic city unlike anything | had ever 
before encountered) but one that happens to 
exist outside baseline reality and does not 
entirely conform to the physical rules we are 


used to. 


| have made significant discoveries while 
exploring SCP-2264-B: 


1. Universal translation of language - while 
most of the agents perceive the inhabitants as 
speaking English, | heard them in my native 
tongue of Spanish. Even those of my team, 
when communicating with me directly, 
appeared to have been speaking Spanish 
while within the anomaly. | have discovered 
that this is also applied to written language but 
not quite as accurately. 


Written words initially appear as alien shapes; 
most of the symbols having a somewhat spiral- 
like pattern. If one continues to directly 
observe the symbols, they will begin to blur 
and alter until some level of translation has 
manifested. However, there do appear to be 
limitations and it seems that some words 
native to SCP-2264-B have no equivalent in 
any human language. The words appear to 
move on paper and prolonged exposure can 
easily result in nausea and headache. 


2. The true name of SCP-2264-B is Alagadda, 
a city-state said to border the Nevermeant.§ | 
was able to gather much of this information 
from the Wandsman of Kul-Manas, a scholar 
and foreigner like myself. They wore a beaked 
mask and exquisite robes cloaked their 
hunchbacked form; their hands were scaly 
(more avian than reptilian) with black talons. 
They unfurled a scroll before me, said it was a 
map of the multiverse - layer after layer of 
endless spirals - | sense an oncoming 
migraine just thinking about it now. 


Regardless, | was pleased to meet a fellow 


intellectual within. | asked them about the 
nature of their research. "What is the nature of 
all that is?" they asked, | assumed rhetorically. 
"Just for a start," they noted. 


3. There is a specific power structure within 
SCP-2264-B, involving entities that, based on 
description, could easily be considered some 
of the more dangerous reality benders known 
to the Foundation. The Wandsman of Kul- 
Manas warned of individuals that should not 
even be approached, less we draw 
undesirable attention to our reality. 


There are (or were) four Masked Lords who 
directly oversee SCP-2264-B: 


The Black Lord, Wearer of the Anguished 
Mask 

The White Lord, Wearer of the Diligent Mask 
The Yellow Lord, Wearer of the Odious Mask 
The Red Lord, Wearer of the Mirthful Mask 


They were said to be the chief advisors to the 
King of Alagadda. They continued to warn that 
| not be fooled by their names; each just as 
terrible as the other. | have seen the Masked 
Lords, always at a distance, all except the 
Wearer of the Anguished Mask. | was informed 
that the Black Lord was the victim of a political 
struggle some time ago (the reason never 
known, if reason existed at all) and cast into 
some dreadful dimensional backwater. It would 
only be a matter of time before they returned. 


The insidious glamour of the city-state 
disguises a dreadful truth, one the Wandsman 
had difficulty expressing in words. They stated 
that most outsiders came to this place to seek 
a boon from the King. They refused to speak 
anymore of this entity and suggested | avoid 


the Ambassador of Alagadda as well, before 
politely taking their leave of me. 


| decided it time to report back, gathered the 
others (pulling a few from the writhing mound 
of masked transdimensional entities); the first 
door we entered was the one to return us to 
baseline reality. | suspect that SCP-2264-B is 
a dimensional nexus, connected to countless 
worlds across the multiverse. Every door used 
within SCP-2264-B has connected directly to 
SCP-2264-A. If there are other gateways like 
SCP-2264-A, | suspect them to be currently 
sealed. 


Dr. Calixto Narvaez was commended for his initiative. A 
psychological evaluation has determined it safe for him 
to reenter in the near future, although it has been 
requested that he use a more professional tone with 
regards to his reports. Future operatives will be screened 
for higher than normal levels of activity in the parietal 
lobes while in a state of altered consciousness (sleep or 
otherwise). 


The "Wandsman of Kul-Manas" has since been 
classified as SCP-2264-2 and is considered an 
invaluable source of information. The "Masked Lords of 
Alagadda" have been classified as SCP-2264-3. 


+ Exploration Report / / 
: Dr. Calixto Narvaez (2nd Deployment) 


| believe SCP-2264-2 is the only entity we 
might truly trust in Alagadda and sought them 
immediately. The city contains thousands, if 
not millions, but SCP-2264-2 stands out and 
appears to have a strictly scholarly interest in 
SCP-2264-B - most especially the palace 
library. 


The collection was impressive and could have 


been infinite in size for all | knew (there was no 
visible end to the room, the corridor stretching 
long into the horizon). | wandered the 
seemingly endless hall, Agent Cromwell and 
Dr. Yu at my side, in search of SCP-2264-2. | 
scanned through a few grimoires and scrolls, 
the alien symbols failing to translate (leading 
me to suspect that no earthly translation was 
possible). 


In time we found SCP-2264-2, affable as 
before and expressing concern about our well- 
being. | asked that they elaborate and | write 
their response as best as my memory allows: