D-3733: I'm calm, I'm calm. 


Subject stops for a moment and 
breathes. After a period of silence 
a young child's voice is heard. 


D-3733: Huh? Wait, hey! Hey! 


Camera swings around to pick up 
brief movement coming from the 
entrance to the interior of the 
central temple. 


D-3733: Someone just went 
inside. Should | follow? 


Control: Affirmative. You'll find a 
flashlight and some flares in your 
kit. 


Brief silence, some wind and 
rustling is heard. 


D-3733: Found the flares. No 


flashlight. 
Control: At least it's something. 


D-3733 is seen approaching the 
threshold at the top of 
SCP-2759-1. Subject lights a 
torch, which bathes the corridor in 
red light. 


D-3733: Hello? Anyone? 


D-3733 proceeds down the hall, 
into the central shrine, or cella, 
which contains several connecting 
pathways. The walls are lined with 
cuneiform symbols and imagery, 
and a group of clayware pots litter 
the ground in pieces of varying 
size. Post analysis revealed much 
of the symbols relate to 
Ereshkigal, Sumerian goddess of 
the Underworld. 


D-3733: | hear something. 


Audio feed picks up the sounds of 
whispers coming from the 
hallways. As D-3733 passes by, 
figures are seen moving in the 
shadows. 


D-3733: There are people... 
They're hiding just outside of view. 
| don't know how many. 


Control: Just be careful. 


Subject takes a moment before 
choosing a direction. The red light 
reveals the hall to be empty and 


slopes downward. The ceiling 
drops swiftly and turns sharply 
right. After a few seconds, a 
distant scream is heard. 


D-3733: This place is freaking me 
out. The walls are cold. 


Control: Noted. Please continue. 


D-3733 descends into the heart of 
the temple. The camera picks up 
further signs of distress and 
unintelligible vocalizations. 


D-3733: No, No, fuck this, pull me 
out. Whatever nonsense voodoo 
Matrix shit you guys are working, 
time to get me out of here. 


Control: That is not possible at 
this time. Your mission is to locate 
D-8821. 


[EXTRANEOUS DIALOGUE 
REMOVED] 


D-3733: Fine, but don't expect me 
to be happy about it. 


Control: Understandable. Please, 
if you would. 


D-3733 sighs and continues on. 
Coming to a small intersection, 
subject lights up the left pathway, 
revealing it to be a dead end. 
Three emaciated, naked 
humanoids are crouched in the 
corner and sharing a single 
tattered blanket. They do not look 


up at D-3733, but are heard 
whimpering and speaking in an 
unknown language. One figure 
appears to be albino in 
pigmentation. 


D-3733: I'm not going up to them. 
Control: Fine. 


Subject chooses the right hand 
path, which continues to slope 
downward as it angles back 
towards the center of the temple. 
D-3733 says nothing for several 
minutes, stopping multiple times to 
look behind him. The flare starts to 
burn out, D-3733 proceeds to light 
another. Upon closer inspection, 
the used flare appears aged and 
worn, burning out five minutes 
earlier than expected. 


D-3733: At this rate I'm going to be 
out of light in no time. /na etuti 
absu.’ Wait, what did | say? 


Control: We believe that the 
environment may be exerting 
some effect on your cognition. 
How do you feel? 


Mild static interference overtakes 
the audio feed for two seconds. 


D-3733: -[stu]pid question. | feel 
like I'm walking into my grave. 


Control: | understand that this is 
not an optimal situation. The 
sooner you find D-8821, the 


of a human fist making an obscene gesture> 


<End Log> 


Stimulus Testing Log 


Interviewer: Dr. F 

Subject: SCP-318-1-135 

Stimulus applied: 100-grit sandpaper, applied vigorously for five 
seconds 

Subject response: Subject expressed significant discomfort, and 
described sensation as corresponding to abrasion by sandpaper on 
bare skin. 


Interviewer: Dr. F 

Subject: SCP-318-1-135 

Stimulus applied: Electrical stimulation, both direct and alternating 
current, at a variety of settings 

Subject response: Subject initially reported no sensation other than 
the pressure of the electrode clips. As current and voltage were 
raised, subject reported a mild tingling sensation, which was 
replaced with a burning sensation whenever the electrical 
stimulation significantly raised the temperature of the paper. 

Note: Some of the applied shocks were severe enough to cause 
considerable pain in a living human. Apparently, the subject 
experiences sensations based on their effect upon paper, rather 
than on how they would affect human flesh. 


Interviewer: Dr. F 

Subject: SCP-318-1-135 

Stimulus applied: Impact by steel hammer, applied three times to 
the unrolled section of SCP-318-1-135 

Subject response: Subject reports brief feelings of pressure, but no 
significant discomfort. 


Interviewer: Dr. F 

Subject: SCP-318-1-135 

Stimulus applied: Fire, from a commercially-produced butane 
barbecue lighter, applied briefly to one corner of the subject and 
extinguished promptly 


sooner we can find a way to get 
you back. 


Subject does not respond and 
moves along the now bare walls. 
D-3733 proceeds for three minutes 
before the hallway terminates 
sharply in a 180° turn that 
continues down into darkness. 


D-3733: Ana harrani sa alaktasa la 
tarat, eli baltuti ima'idu mituti.8 


Control: |'m sorry? 
D-3733: | didn't say anything. 


The pathway begins to widen out, 
another right turn is seen at the 
bottom of the landing. 


D-3733: There's light up ahead. 


As D-3733 rounds the corner, an 
archway is seen roughly 30m 
away. Waves are heard, crashing 
against unseen shores. Several 
voices are discerned, drowned out 
by the other noise. 


D-3733: | feel a breeze. Is that the 
sky? 


Subject approaches the area now 
designated as SCP-2759-E2, the 
microphone picking up the sounds 
of more voices. As D-3733 
emerges from the archway, the 
ruins of an amphitheater-esque 
complex come into focus. The 
"seats" of the structure grow larger 


and steeper as they move 
outward, becoming impossible to 
peer over and reaching an 
unknown height. One wall of the 
structure seems to have collapsed, 
and waves from a dark ocean on 
the other side roll in, pooling in the 
far side, across from the door back 
into SCP-2759-E1. Figures are 
seen in abundance, easily a 
hundred. All individuals seem to be 
emaciated and vary widely in 
physical characteristics. A few 
possess additional limbs or 
mutations. All appear to be sapient 
and intelligent to a degree, 
conversing with one another in 
various unknown languages 
ranging from heavily distorted 
Sumerian to hisses and clicks. No 
sign of D-8821 is found. 


D-3733: This just keeps getting 
weirder. Look. 


Subject points the camera 
upwards to reveal a small moon, 
orange-red in color, lingering in the 
violet sky. 


D-3733: No moon outside the 
temple, as far as | could tell. 


A group of humanoids are seen 
loitering down by the shore. 
D-3733 proceeds to the pool to 
investigate. 


D-3733: These guys don't seem 
hostile. They all seem quite sad, 
actually. 


Approaching the waterline, D-3733 
keeps to himself, although several 
figures are seen looking at him 
and speaking to one another. 


D-3733: Hi, guys. 


Figures say nothing but continue 
to stare. Minor interference is 
detected on both audio and visual 
equipment. 


D-3733: Oh, | know. 


Subject checks the kit and 
retrieves the granola bars, one of 
which has survived the journey. 
D-3733 unwraps it, breaking it into 
pieces and offering it to them. 


D-3733: You guys eat? Like food? 
Food? Sorry about the raisins, 
what can you do. 


Creatures step back cautiously as 
D-3733 approaches. With some 
convincing, one individual, 
possessing scales and a flat, 
widened forehead, tentatively 
reaches out and accepts a piece. 
Entity sniffs the item and eats it, 
expressing approval. Creature 
says something to the others, one 
of them is heard saying "akalum", 
or "food". Several others approach 
in interest, including two which 
appear to have chitinous 
carapaces and large insect-like 
mandibles. They make noise like 
cicadas as they snatch bits of 
granola and consume them 


voraciously. 


D-3733: Whoa, slow down, there's 
not much left- 


D-3733 is interrupted by a 
distressed vocalization. Camera 
turns to show a humanoid writhing 
on the ground, howling in pain. 
Several other figures crowd 
around curiously. A few moments 
later, the figures hoist the troubled 
humanoid and drag it, screaming, 
to the water's edge. They pause 
for a moment, as if reluctant, and 
then push the entity into the water. 
It disappears beneath and does 
not resurface. No signs of struggle 
are seen. At this point, an 
unknown Sumerian dialect is 
detected among the chatter. 
POI-2759-A, an antlered 
humanoid, is seen speaking to 
D-3733. A Foundation historian is 
brought in to help with translation. 


POI-2759-A: [Are] you the 
Annunaki? The ones who know 
the stars? They who birthed the 
[unknown]? 


D-3733: [in Sumerian] They are 
the child of Ningishzidda, Lord of 
the Artifact of Life. They see 
through the eyes and ears of all 
children. 


POI-2759-A: We are those without 
light, those which wait for the 

gates of Anu. Eternal [unknown] of 
the gateway, the [firmament/world] 


of twilight. 


Control: Please ask the individual 
where you are located. 


D-3733: | don't think they 
understand English. 


POI-2759-A: Have you come to 
pay rites to the Mistress of the 
Underworld? 


D-3733: [in Sumerian] They are 
the souls of the damned, open the 
gate so they may enter the Valley. 


POI-2759-A frowns and appears to 
step aside, allowing D-3733 a full 
view of the ocean, which stretches 
as far as the eye can see. No fog 
is present. The water slowly 
ripples. 


D-3733: | don't like the look of this. 


Control decides not to tell the 
subject about their conversation 
with POI-2759-A. D-3733 stares 
into the pond. 


D-3733: | feel nauseous. | need a 
minute. 


Subject sets the camera down and 
sits on the pathway. Thirty 
seconds of silence pass, D-3733 is 
seen sitting with his head in his 
hands. Subject looks out at the 
water, which is still black in color. 


D-3733: There's something in the 
water. 


D-3733 picks up the camera and 
angles it downward. Small specks 
are seen in the distance. The 
water is abnormally clear, the 
waves almost velvet in nature. Due 
to worsening static distortion, it is 
impossible to discern what the 
objects are. 


D-3733: The Tiamatu.9 [pause] 
That's what it is called, | think. The 
hole of the unclean. What? Get out 
of my head. 


Control: Are you alright? 


D-3733: I'm sorry, yes, it's this 
place. It's trying to talk to me, to 
talk through me. Filling my head 
with knowledge and... oh. 


D-3733 pauses and appears to be 
listening. 


D-3733: I-| see. 


Subject hesitates before facing the 
ocean, bending over to look down. 


Control: D-3733? 


D-3733: Death is the punishment, 
but Hell is dessert. 


Control: |'m sorry? 


D-3733 says nothing, takes a 
breath, and jumps from the edge 
into the dark waters below. 
Camera seems unaffected by this, 
although all light is quickly 


extinguished. 
Control: D-3733, do you copy? 


Silence is recorded for thirty 
seconds. No sounds of water are 
present. 


Control: D-3733, please respond. 


D-3733 does not respond and is 
considered lost. However, fourteen 
hours later, D-3733's voice is 
picked up sporadically before 
static distortion overwhelms the 
transmission. 


D-3733: [laughter] | did this to 
myself. 


D-3733: It will remain. It will 
remain. 


D-3733: [in Sumerian] Suffering is 
the only end, they are the unclean, 
whose souls are without light. 


D-3733: Hello! Can you see me? | 
can't see me. | can hear you 
though. 


D-3733: [sobs] Why? 


D-3733: As above, so below. 


[END LOG] 


Incident Log 2759-#4: 


On //_ ,personnel on site at SCP-2759 
reported the activation of SCP-2759-1 
without external manipulation. No one was 
observed leaving or arriving from 
SCP-2759-1, it is unknown at this time who 
or what may have caused the artifact to 
activate. (See Addendum-2759-#2) 


Exploration Log 2759-Eribu: 


Abstract: Exploration 2759-Eribu was 
approved after the events of Incident Log 
2759-#4. The goal of the exploration was to 
ascertain the possible cause for 
SCP-2759-1's activation. D-1212 was 
administered inert gas (Nitrogen) while 
laying across the surface of SCP-2759-1, 
equipped with the same gear as in the 
previous log, an extra flashlight and 
additional provisions. Audio contact was 
established 21 minutes after death. 


Once more, the camera's 
activation reveals SCP-2759-E1 
and its fog-lined perimeter. D-1212 
is instructed to observe the rest of 
the temple exterior before entering 
the cella. Subject's breath is seen 
as they circumnavigate the center 
of the temple. 


[BEGIN LOG] 


D-1212: This place is giving me 
the spins. 


Control: Take as much time as 
you need. 


D-1212 rests for a moment before 
continuing onward. 


D-1212: You'll get me out of here if 
things go south? 


Control: We'll do everything we 
can to keep you safe. 


D-1212: Thank you. 


Coming around the side, another 
entrance into the temple is visible, 
farther down and out of view. In 
the video feed, a dark silhouette is 
seen peering out of the entrance. 
Subject starts towards it, 
wordlessly, and the entity 
disappears into the structure. 
D-1212 approaches the entryway 
and points the camera into the 
darkness. She pauses, then pulls 
off her pack and looks inside, 
taking out a flashlight and 
switching it on. 


The hallway is wide but low, 
dipping down before ending at a 
left turn. More cuneiform imagery 
is seen on the walls, the symbols 
"mul" and "ki"! are represented, 
seen carved over the relief 
sculptures that were present 
before. The reason for this 
vandalism is unknown. 


D-1212: | don't know what these 
symbols are, but they feel.. loud? 
Familiar too. Hello? 


Control: Noted. We are analyzing 


the writing now. Please continue. 


Subject takes the turn to see it 
terminate in a small room of 
unknown purpose. In the center is 
a Clay altar that looks like 
SCP-2759-1. D-1212 approaches 
it and places a hand on it. 


D-1212: Warm. Is this another one 
of those tables that you put me 
on? 


Control: It appears to be. 


D-1212 appears to start to turn 
around, only to be restrained by an 
unknown force. Camera is 
dropped and lays askew, with two 
pairs of legs seen struggling. After 
a moment, the scuffle subsides. 


just, stop. 


D-1212: The hell | will. Who are 
you? 


Foundation. 


D-1212: Thank Christ. Why are 
you here? 


are able to help out. [louder] Is 
control in your ear? Can you tell 
them to contact O5-11, tell him 
MacLaughlin'! wants to speak to 
him. He'll know who | am. 


Subject response: During stimulation, subject produced largely 
incoherent words, scattered haphazardly. Penmanship during this 
period was significantly degraded, rendering many words illegible. 
Afterward, subject reported continued pain, comparing the 
experience to having a body extremity set on fire. 

Note: While the level of discomfort could be useful in inducing 
compliance in defiant subjects, a less destructive method would be 
desirable. 


Interviewer: Dr. F 

Subject: SCP-318-1-135 

Stimulus applied: Water, two applications of 0.5 mL each, applied 
to area scorched in previous test and to a section of undamaged 
paper 

Subject response: Subject reports a numbing sensation in the 
areas soaked by water, and words and drawings attempted in these 
areas are badly faded and distorted. As water dries, subject reports 
sensation returning, but that the burned area does not return to prior 
levels of discomfort. 

Note: An interesting result - water appears to act as an anesthetic. 
Further testing is indicated. 


Interviewer: Dr. F 

Subject: SCP-318-1-135 

Stimulus applied: Water, subject completely saturated