Minor luxuries such as books may be issued upon approval of the 
Site Director. 


Description: SCP-3817 is a man of European descent, 
approximately 40 years of age. SCP-3817 claims to be the German 
composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847). DNA analysis has 
confirmed this claim to be true. 


SCP-3817 was recovered in Leipzig, Germany, on / /20 , following 
reports of a local vagrant who was allegedly unable to age. 
Investigations of visual and written records concerning the vagrant 
have confirmed that it has been physically about 40 years old for the 
past 1 years. 


Experiment 497-A: 
Subject: Human equipped with earplugs. 
Result: Subject holds shell up to ear, is not absorbed. 


Subject: Human equipped with headphones with loud music 


playing. 
Result: Subject holds shell up to ear, is not absorbed. 


Subject: Deaf human. 
Result: Subject holds shell up to ear, is not absorbed. 


Subject: Chimpanzee. 

Result: Subject is allowed to interact with the object. After 
approximately fifteen minutes, the subject holds the shell up to its 
ear and is absorbed. 


Experiment 497-B: 
Under direction of Dr. , a Class-D personnel attempts to remove 
a sample of SCP-497 with a power drill. 


0800: Class-D researcher equipped with high-grade 
earplugs enters the containment chamber and starts to 
drill. 


0805: Standard drill bits prove ineffective and are 
replaced with diamond bits. 


0810: Two (2) millimeters of depth reached with the drill. 
Observation room reports substantial increase in 
SCP-497's sound magnitude. 


0811: A dead subject materializes in the chamber. Class- 
D is interrupted from drilling, and reports rapid repair of 
the shell. A decrease in sound magnitude to normal 
levels is recorded. 


0820: The subject is removed from the test chamber. Dr. 
authorizes continued drilling. 


0825: Two (2) millimeters depth is reached again. An 
increase of SCP-497's sound magnitude is again 
reported. 


Full-body examination has revealed SCP-3817 to have sustained a 
degree of physical damage that would likely be fatal to a non- 
anomalous human being. There is currently no scientific explanation 
to SCP-3817's continued survival despite its critical state of health. 


SCP-3817 has confirmed the damage to have been the result of 
multiple self-mutilation efforts in the 1 years prior to its 
containment. 


SCP-3817 has claimed that it has no suicidal intent in its self- 
mutilation. It has also claimed to have experienced no symptoms of 
suicidal ideation in the past 1 years. SCP-3817 is currently 
undergoing psychiatric evaluation to verify the aforementioned 
claims. 


The self-inflicted damages to SCP-3817's body are as follows: 
+ View damage log 


¢ Mercury poisoning, resulting in symptoms such as 
increased heart rate, insomnia, and frequent 
sensations of pins and needles. SCP-3817 has 
testified to regular ingestion of mercury 
compounds over a period of years in the late 
19th century. 
¢ Lead poisoning, resulting in conditions such as 
anemia and hearing loss. Further analysis has 
suggested that the cause of the poisoning to have 
been deliberate ingestion of elemental lead from 
around 2006. 
* Severe cirrhosis of the liver; caused by long-term 
frequent intake of alcohol. % of its liver has been 
replaced by scar tissue. The degree of cirrhosis is 
highly likely to result in liver failure; however, 
SCP-3817's liver is functional, albeit at a severely 
impaired level. SCP-3817 also suffers from several 
health problems associated with cirrhosis, such as 
jaundice, prolonged exhaustion, and buildup of 
fluid in the abdominal cavity. 
Accumulation of scar tissue on the eardrums in 
both ears, leading to recurrent tinnitus, chronic ear 


pains, and hearing loss; caused by repeated 
perforation of the eardrums via insertion of sharp 
objects into the ear canal. Sounds above 80 
decibels in volume are still audible to SCP-3817, 
however, it is effectively deaf to normal 
conversation. 

¢ Numerous small areas of scar tissue on its palms, 
legs, abdomen and pelvic region, identified as 
healed sores from primary and secondary syphilis. 
SCP-3817 also exhibits symptoms of 
neurosyphilis, such as mood swings, delusions, 
and hallucinations. It has also been recorded 
displaying irrational and obsessive behavioral 
patterns consistent with those exhibited by 
sufferers of neurosyphilis. For example, SCP-3817 
has been observed obsessively making lists of the 
ailments of well-known classical composers; it has 
also been observed engaging in conversation with 
what it claims to be the spirits of deceased 
composers. Investigations have concluded these 
"spirits" to be non-anomalous auditory 
hallucinations. 


Overall, SCP-3817 is in poor health and reports frequent physical 
pain and emotional distress. Despite its current state of health, 
SCP-3817 has not made any of the expected requests for 
termination and has explicitly stated that it does not desire 
humanitarian euthanasia. 


SCP-3817's maintained claim that it lacks suicidal desires has led to 
speculation that the cause of its biological immortality may be linked 
to its self-mutilation. 


Upon the Foundation's request, SCP-3817 has agreed to provide a 
written outline of the reasons behind its self-mutilation for further 
investigation of its anomalous property: 


| understand that you wish to know why | have chosen 
this course of action. My thoughts are unclear and half 
wild, but | will try to organize them and explain myself to 
the best of my ability. 


[Three lines of script densely scribbled over, completely 
illegible] 


It has been brought to my attention that The Great 
Composers 

Beethoven cramped and vomited and lived in a world of 
painful silence; Mozart was sickly and miserable and up 
to his powdered wig in debt; Chopin was endlessly 
coughing his lungs and his soul out; Schumann saw 
angels and demons and phantoms and had moods that 
were as stormy as the literature of his era. 

These men were the great composers. They knew how it 
was like to be exhilarated, they knew how it was like to 
be in the depths of despair. They knew emotions. Their 
music changed and shifted and developed and grew with 
the changes in their lives. 


All the great composers endured pain and suffering to 
fulfill their desire to create. And the results of their effort: 
timeless masterpieces! 


As for me? Happy and fortunate is my first name! | was 
born into a wealthy family, showered with support and 
praise and money for my entire life - never did | have to 
struggle to write music. No other composer experienced 
such profound insulation from hardship. | never 
understood genuine misery and misfortune. For the 38 
years in which | lived, my music never changed in style 
or quality, and there is no doubt that my pitifully 
comfortable existence impeded my artistic development. 


And do you agree with me, that the first condition of an 
artist should be to bear respect towards what is great, 
and to bow to it and acknowledge it? 


Owing to that, | have decided | must acquaint myself with 
suffering for my own sake. | must never perish, | must 
endure torment. 


| destroyed my hearing so | would never again 


experience the pleasures of sound, just like Beethoven 
who went deaf. 

Many of my illustrious predecessors such as Schubert, 
Schumann, and Donizetti suffered from syphilis, so | did 
what was needed. 

So did many of them praise alcohol and become 
drunkards. | have faithfully followed their practice of 
drinking excessively, only ceasing when every part of my 
body cried 'stop, no more.’ 

| took to living on the streets as a penniless vagrant so | 
could worry about money, about my safety, about where 
my next meal was going to come from, as many 
illustrious composers led their lives in debt or poverty; 
Mozart and Wagner come to mind. 

There were more, and | would have written them down if 
| could recall them; my memory is regrettably patchy. 


However | can say with confidence that | have made 
significant progress since. 

| am always in pain | am in constant pain and | can't even 
walk a few steps without feeling strange or numb or hurt 
and | cannot put it into words | do not wish to end this 
pain. | want to continue living. This is what the great 
composers endured every day, this is what shaped and 
grew them and | too must let it be an unavoidable part of 
my life. They have told me this. They have told me | must 
not give up in trying to develop myself. 

| have since grown accustomed to pain in an endearing, 
musical way. | understand mankind's greatest sorrows 
and they are tangible. It has completely changed the way 
| perceive and comprehend things This is my life now | 
have emotions now and | am no longer emotionless 


| believe | have made great leaps in terms of progress. 
The heavenly spirits of the late great composers are 
agreeing with me. | can hear them speak, feel their 
presence. They are giving me their approval. My time, | 
am sure, is right now. 

| have been writing at great speed A volume of Songs 
Without Words is nearing completion. | am sure it is not 


too much to hope that it will satisfy the public as much as 
it satisfies me it will fulfill it will be to the public's liking it 
[Illegible, scribbled-over script for the rest of the note] 


P.S. Please forgive me for the cancellations and clumsy 
writing. | was weary. A poet in me was lost. | offer my 
sincerest apologies. 


Addendum: During the period of its stay at the Foundation, 
SCP-3817 has written a collection of piano pieces titled Songs 
Without Words. Musicologists have been tasked to analyze these 
pieces and compare them to Songs Without Words written by 
Mendelssohn from 1829 to 1845. No stylistic differences have been 
detected. 


SCP-3818: Two Favours One 


Item #: SCP-3818 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-3818 is two human beings 
with no other known anomalies, and as such have been contained 
within separate standard humanoid containment suites within Bio- 
Site 66. All security clearance has been revoked from SCP-3818 at 
the time of writing; personnel are to be reminded that SCP-3818 is 
to be referred to as such until further notice. 


SCP-3818-A and -B have been fitted with comfortable and locked 
collars indicating their SCP designations. These collars must be 
worn at all times. 


Description: SCP-3818 is two identical instances of a human male 
of Irish-English ancestry. It stands 175cm tall (5 foot 9 inches) and 
weighs 75.75 kilograms (167 lbs). 


On //  ,aperfect doppelganger of Agent David Hawk, Level 3 
Field Agent, manifested in the agent’s quarters of Bio-Site 66 
sometime in the early morning hours while the ‘original’ was asleep. 
Prior to the manifestation of SCP-3818, Agent Hawk was attached to 
Task Force 066-Beta, which assists with the management of 
biological items contained for study at Bio-Site 66; currently, both 
instances of Agent Hawk have been contained collectively as 
SCP-3818 at Bio-Site 66 until the nature of this anomaly can be 
ascertained. The two have been arbitrarily designated SCP-3818-A 
and SCP-3818-B at this time, collectively SCP-3818. 


Physical and psychological examination has revealed that both 
instances of Agent Hawk are identical. Below is an assortment of 
observations made during the initial containment process:; 


¢ Both instances have the exact same DNA, height and weight, 


fingerprints, vocal signature, dental impression, tongue print, 

birthmarks, freckles, footprints, gut flora, and blood type. 

Both instances have evidence of a healed clavicle, previously 

broken at age 13 while playing lacrosse, as well as 

independently reported mild memory loss from a car accident. 

¢ Both instances appear to possess the same memories, with 

knowledge of their login credentials, passwords, and specific 

knowledge of data on Agent Hawk’s computer. 

Both instances possess the same memories of interpersonal 

history with other personnel within and outside the 

Foundation. 

Both instances have an allergy to cumin. 

¢ Both instances have previously taken speech therapy to 
minimize a lisp. 

¢ Both instances have previously been wounded during an 
altercation with an instance of SCP- __, as evidenced by 
[unnecessary data redacted]. 

¢ Both instances dislike the nickname “Dave”. 


The origin of this anomaly is as of yet unknown; no SCP anomalies 
associated with Bio-Site 66, any of its researchers, or agents, have 
any history or effects that are in any way associated with the 
manifestation of duplicated human beings in the manner displayed 
in SCP-3818. 


Interviews: SCP-3818-A and -B were interviewed separately by Drs 
Bridge and Seidelman at 9:45 AM on the day of their discovery, and 
then multiple interviews at different points in time afterward. Below 
are transcripts of various interviews taken with SCP-3818. 


+ Show Interview 1 - SCP-3818-1 
Interview 1-3818-A 
[BEGIN LOG - 9:49 AM] 


Dr Bridge: Good morning, erm, please identify 
yourself. 


3818-A: David- Agent David Hawk, Level 3, 
Task Force Zero Six Six Beta, Site 66. 


Dr Bridge: Mm. Tell me about your day so far, 
Agent. | will be referring to you as 3818-A, or 
A, after this. Proceed. 


3818-A: Yeah, | get it. At six A.M. my alarm 
went off, and both of us woke up and realized 
we weren't alone. 


Dr Bridge: Both you and B. 


3818-A: Yeah. Both woke up in... well, my 
bed, | looked over and saw him there. We 
freaked out, started fighting. Security guy, | 
think Frank? He heard us, came down and 
broke us up. Now we're here. 


Dr Bridge: You woke up in bed together. And 
you had the same clothing, down to the brand 
of shirt... The guard detained you both from 
there, correct? 


3818-A: Yeah. 


Dr Bridge: And as far as we can all tell, you’re 
the same- sorry, you’re identical. Down to 
memories of people you know. 


3818-A: As far as I’m aware | guess? brief 
pause Uh, about memory, Doctor, you 
probably know. | had an accident? 


Dr Bridge: Mm. I’m reading that on your file. 
You were in an accident and lost a lot of of 
your early memories. 


3818-A: Yeah. 


Dr Bridge: Mm. Noted. We’re done here for 
now, I'll see you again later. If you need 
anything, ping the guards. 


Interview 1-3818-A end. 


+ Show Interview 1 - SCP-3818-B 
Interview 1-3818-B 
[BEGIN LOG - 9:52 AM] 


Dr Bridge: Good morning, please identify 
yourself. 


3818-B: Agent David Hawk, Site-66 Task 
Force Oh-Six Six Beta, Level 3. 


Dr Bridge: Good, okay... so tell me why we’re 
here, Agent. Your designation is 3818-B, just 
so you're aware. 


3818-B: I’m- Okay. Okay, so my alarm went 
off and he reached over to shut it off. He 
looked over, and we both scream and freak 
out. 


Dr Bridge: You and dash-A, you mean. 


3818-B: Rr- Yes. | shoved him out of bed, we 
started fighting. | almost got him in a grapple 
when... F-Frank. Frank? Showed up. 


Dr Bridge: He realized you two were- 
Appeared, sorry, identical, and detained you. 


3818-B: Yeah. Identical, as far as everyone 
can tell. Apparently he even broke his 
collarbone when he was little. | actually forgot 
about that. 


Dr Bridge: Yes, as far as we can tell 
everything seems identical between you two, 
down to medical history... Though, while we’re 
using the phrase ‘identical’, we're treating the 
two of you as separate entities. 


3818-B: Thanks, I-] guess? We’re not the 


same, | didn’t just mitosis in the middle of the 
night. 


Dr Bridge: Yeah. pause | think that’s all for 
now, but | will be back in later on. If you need 
anything, ping the guards. 


3818-B: Thanks, doctor. 
Interview 1-3818-B end 


Below are further interviews, both taken eight days after initial 
containment. 


+ Show Interview 5 - SCP-3818-A 
Interview 5-SCP-3818-A 
[BEGIN LOG - 3:11 PM] 


Dr Bridge: Good afternoon, Dash-A. You 
holding up alright?