Open "Iron Wall Cylinder" by Unknown Author (Department of Antiquit 


All civilized men praise Cyrus, beloved of 
Ahura Mazda’, king of kings, king of Persia, 
Babylon, Sumer, Akkad, and Lydia! His army, 
which counts in its ranks as many men as 
there are drops of water in the Tigris and the 
Euphrates, marched into the Caucasus to 
confront the invaders who have sallied out 
from Adatum®. Led by Karasci’ Yagaha and 
Karasci Mahaga, daeva8-generals of Angra 
Mainyu9, they have caused great mischief in 
our lands. At first, Cyrus's army drove them 
back, to the Pass, but the onslaught was 
endless, such that even the Companions!9 


could not hold them back. In his divinely- 
granted wisdom, Cyrus resolved to build a 
barrier, to hold back the daevas and their 
accursed armies. Gathering the wisest men 
from all corners of his empire, Cyrus journeyed 
to lonia, where he enlisted the Mekhanite 
builder-priests. As Cyrus's armies held the 
line, the Mekhanites erected a great wall from 
blocks of iron, and poured over it a layer of 
consecrated brass, so that Karasci Yagaha 
and Karasci Mahaga and their armies will be 
sealed away from mankind in the realm of 
druj'1 until the end of time. 


Because of the eschatological significance assigned to SCP-2309, 
and the existence of written and archeological evidence suggesting 
that SCP-2309 was constructed as a barrier against Sarkic armies, it 
is believed that the breach of SCP-2309, if and when it should take 
place, may constitute an SK-Class dominance shift scenario. 
Historical and esoteric research regarding the nature of the threat 
posed by SCP-2309 and possible improvements to its containment 
is Ongoing. 


Footnotes 

1. SeeThe Jewish War, Unabridgedby Josephus (Department of 
Antiquities: 1911.86.98). 

2. Lit. "the two-horned one." Dhul-Qarnayn was a legendary ruler 
described in the Qur'an as having built an iron wall, which was likely 
a reference to the construction of SCP-2309 by Cyrus the Great, 
who was frequently shown wearing a horned headpiece in artistic 
depictions. 

3. Referred to in the Judaeo-Christian tradition as Gog and Magog. 
In Islam, Yajuj and Majuj are peoples who will invade the world 
during the end times. 

4. Islamic term for Zoroastrians. Possibly referring to a Mekhanite in 
this context, as many medieval Islamic sources conflate the dualistic 
aspects of the Mekhanite and Zoroastrian faiths. 

5. Creator deity and object of worship in Zoroastrianism. 

6. Old Persian rendition of Adi-tim, also known as Adytum, capital of 
the Sarkic Empire. 


Item description: "Mandel-Brétchen". While the name would 
suggest bread, the actual product inside is a set of four dry 
chocolate cookies in fractal shapes. This fractal pattern is repeated 
down to the atomic structure of the cookies' surface. A warning on 
the package states that the cookies must be dipped in water or milk 
prior to eating to avoid damage to the mouth and throat. 


Money entered: 400 yen 

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Item description: "Turduchocken". Balls of fried turkey, each 
containing a smaller ball of fried duck containing a chocolate candy 
with a fried chicken center. Labeling describes the product as 
containing 450% the amount of saturated fat required by an adult 
human daily. 


Money entered: 500 yen 

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Item description: "Piscina." A soda can whose label indicates it 
was packaged by the Coca-Cola Company. English labelling and 
logo. Nutrition facts note high in Omega-3 fatty acids. Ingredients list 
fish oils prominently. D-class opened, consumed. Texture of chicken 
soup, tastes like fresh salmon; verified by researcher. Taste was 
unusual but enjoyable. 


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Item description: A cardboard box, 9cm x 9cm x 6cm, witha 
picture of a human molar tooth on blue background on the front. 
Unknown pictographic script similar to Aztec. Opening the box 
revealed a tooth, full scale, approximately 5 centimeters long. 
Essentially a jawbreaker; chemical analysis confirms. The ‘pulp’ of 
the tooth is a sweet fruit syrup. Aside from shape, not chemically 
unusual. 


Money entered: 5000 yen 

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Item description: A glass perfume vial filled with artificially flavored 
human sweat. Chemical analysis revealed high levels of human 
pheromones and nutmeg flavoring. Essentially a mild aphrodisiac. 
No labeling. 


7. Corruption of the wordkarcist, the title of spiritual and secular 
leaders of the Sarkic Empire and its successor states. 

8. Zoroastrian term referring to false gods, or hostile supernatural 
entities. 

9. Spirit of evil opposed by Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism, which in 
this context is likely referring to Yaldabaoth, the deity worshiped by 
the Sarkic cults. 

10. Elite soldiers of the Achaemenid Empire, referred to as 
Immortals by Greek sources. 

11. Zoroastrian concept that can refer to falsehood, disorder, or non- 
existence. 


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SCP-2310: The House That Makes You Sarah Palmer 


Item #: SCP-2310 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Instances of 2310-A are to be 
housed in four replicas of SCP-2310, to encourage their 
cooperation. The perimeter of their housing complex is to be placed 
under guard, but subjects are to have freedom of movement within 
the complex. 


SCP-2310 is to be kept isolated on the grounds of Site 115. No 
research requiring the physical presence of Foundation personnel is 
to be conducted on SCP-2310, and no Foundation personnel are to 
be allowed access to SCP-2310's holding facility. Research 
requiring human interaction with SCP-2310 is to be undertaken with 
the assistance of trained volunteers recruited from Site 115's 
population of 2310-As. Each 2310-A must undergo a minimum of 18 
months of therapy before they will be allowed to volunteer as C- 
Class personnel. 


2310-B is to be kept in secure living quarters at Site 115. Foundation 
personnel are to avoid contact with it until research on its possible 
anomalous properties is complete. 


Given Ms. Palmer's lack of anomalous properties and ongoing 
cooperation with the SCP Foundation, her designation as 2310-B 
has been retired. She has been released from Containment Division 
oversight, and details of her containment are to be handled by 
Human Resources. 


Description: SCP-2310 is a suburban house originally located in 
Anne Arundel County, Maryland.! Any human who enters the 
building immediately undergoes an anomalous mind-altering event. 
Such subjects are instances of 2310-A. Instances of 2310-A believe 
themselves to be a 42-year-old human female named "Sarah 


Palmer." 


2310-B, the individual believed to be the original Sarah Palmer, has 
no apparent anomalous attributes other than an immunity to the 
effects of SCP-2310. She inhabited SCP-2310 between 1989 and 
2007. No anomalous activity surrounding the house was reported by 
her or anyone else during this period; the current anomaly is 
believed to have first presented itself some time in mid-2013. 2310- 
B was unaware of anomalous activity concerning her former home 
until briefed by Foundation personnel. 


The consciousness of each new instance of 2310-A is replaced with 
a copy of 2310-B's mind as it was on the morning of January 20, 
2002.2 2310-B has confirmed that memories described by 2310-As 
match its own memories prior to this date. 2310-B's memories after 
that date are not accessible to 2310-As, and while the personalities 
of 2310-As are initially very similar they often develop down different 
paths. 2310-As retain no memories or awareness of their former 
self, and self-identify as Sarah Palmer.3 As there is no known way of 
reversing this process, Foundation personnel affected by SCP-2310 
in this manner, though still physically functioning, are to be 
considered deceased. 


Neither the constituent parts of SCP-2310, any of the objects or 
furniture contained within, or the site on which it was originally 
located demonstrate any anomalous activity in isolation. It is not 
known what level of assembly is required for SCP-2310 to 
demonstrate anomalous activity. 


Addendum 2310-i: Security Reclassification Notice 


The full mission report for Operation Snowglobe is 
classified, and that isn't going to change any time soon. 
However, given the dramatic staff changes it has caused 
at Site 115, curiosity is natural. | have obtained 
permission to outline the events of Snowglobe; you've 
probably heard some of the details from our local Sarahs 
anyway. 


Let me be frank: Snowglobe was an unforced error. 
Twenty experienced Mobile Task Force agents died at 


the hands of an artifact that probably would have been 
classified Safe if the recovery hadn't been botched so 
badly. As your new site director, | hope to use this as a 
learning opportunity to address the root causes of this 
catastrophe. 


The following memo consists of excerpts from the 
SCP-2310 Recovery Report alongside my own 
commentary. Discussion sessions to improve our staff's 
understanding of engagement procedures will begin on 
Monday. This includes both Site 115 personnel and all 
field units attached to Site 115. Please familiarize 
yourself with the events of Operation Snowglobe before 
then. 


—Site Director Prell 
Addendum 2310-ii: SCP-2310 Recovery Report 


August 18, 2013: Foundation agents from Field Unit 
Epsilon-7 ("Seven Magpies"), while monitoring cult 
activity in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, note a cluster 
of disappearances in a single neighborhood in Anne 
Arundel County, Maryland. Two of these disappearances 
are from local law enforcement who were themselves 
investigating the neighborhood. Further information is 
requested from the Anne Arundel County Police 
Department. 


Morning of August 19: Local law enforcement reports 
that they believe the missing persons are being held ina 
house at . Neighbors describe strange 
activity in the house, interpreted by them as "cultlike." 
They also report seeing some kind of struggle between 
figures within the house. An expedited warrant for a raid 
on the house is obtained by local law enforcement. 
Foundation field agents continue monitoring the 
situation, while leaving it in the hands of local authorities. 


Evening of August 19: Anne Arundel County Police 


Department conducts a raid on the house. Despite an 
absence of signs of conflict, communication with the 
officers is quickly lost. As AACPD prepares to send in 
assistance, field agents under the command of Eric 
Strohman intervene and take control of the situation. A 
perimeter is formed around the house, the neighborhood 
is evacuated, and field agents begin conducting 
reconnaissance on the house. 


This is where the field team begins down the wrong path. 
Seven Magpies specializes in investigating the D.C. 
area's cult problem, and when neighbors suggested 
there was a "cult" living in SCP-2310, the field team 
jumped on this and did not fully consider other 
possibilities. For the rest of the reconnaissance period, 
the field team operates under the assumption that they 
are dealing with cultists wielding anomalous weaponry, 
rather than a localized anomaly contained within the 
house. This assessment will go on to color the Mobile 
Task Force's response. 


August 20, 12:40 AM: Field agents report on activity 
within the house. Several of the missing police officers 
are seen moving around inside, in a state of apparent 
agitation. Attempts to communicate with them via 
loudspeaker only cause them to react with fear. They are 
accosted by strangely dressed figures, who lead them to 
the basement. Other presumed captives, however, are 
observed to have freedom of movement within the 
house. Field agents conclude that the cultists may have 
access to anomalous means of indoctrination. 


1:12 AM: A man dressed in red robes4 opens a window 
on the top floor. He begins shouting at perimeter guards. 
He instructs them to leave the house alone. He is 
unresponsive to offers to negotiate the release of 
captives. After several minutes, he breaks into tears, 
closes the window, and retreats into the house. 


3:51 AM: Broad-spectrum energy analysis of the house 


is completed. No unusual energy signatures are detected 
from the house. Around twenty-four lifeforms are 
detected within the house. Based on local 
disappearances, up to twenty-one of them are assumed 
to be captives. 


4:25 AM: Site Director Pritchard arrives on-site along 
with Mobile Task Force Rho-14 ("Old Boars") led by 
Agent Talbot. Pritchard, Talbot, and Agent Strohman 
meet to discuss the Foundation's response. They 
approve the forcible entry of the house and detainment 
of its inhabitants. The recovery operation is filed as 
"Snowglobe." 


Site Director Pritchard's personal intervention was 
unnecessary, and likely influenced by her previous 
successes in combating the Seven Daughters Society 
and the Friends of Amicus. She reportedly advocated for 
an immediate military response, with the support of 
Agent Talbot but over the objections of Agent Strohman. 


While Pritchard's concern for securing the immediate 
safety of the captives is commendable, her disregard of 
Strohman's analysis was reckless. Transcripts suggest 
she and Talbot had decided on a course of action before 
even reaching the scene. Though Strohman was her 
subordinate, as the leader of the field agents researching 
SCP-2310 his assessment should have carried more 
weight. While his assumptions about the nature of the 
mind-altering anomaly at work were far off the mark, he 
was correct in regarding the mere possibility of mind- 
altering anomalies as a red flag meriting extraordinary 
caution. 


One final consideration is more subtle and psychological: 
once a combat-oriented Mobile Task Force was 
dispatched to the scene, Foundation leadership was 
under pressure to put them to use. We've actually 
researched this— when Mobile Task Forces are 
dispatched prior to the approval of force, approval 
follows within the next 12 hours in 78% of cases and 


within the next 48 hours in 90% of cases. Their mere 
presence makes the use of force the path of least 
resistance. We, of all people, must recognize how little 
power we have over our own minds. 


5:00 AM: Agents resume attempts at negotiation via 
loudspeaker. With this drawing the attention of the 
inhabitants of the house, MTF Rho-14 takes up positions 
and prepares to enter the building. Fireteam Axum is 
positioned at the back door, Fireteam Babel at a 
basement hatch, Fireteam Corinth on the roof, and 
Fireteams Dacia and Egypt are held in reserve. 


5:10 AM: Agent Talbot orders Fireteam Axum into the 
house. They breach the back door. Agent Wright is the 
first inside. Upon entering the house, his consciousness 
is immediately replaced with an instance of 2310-A, 
becoming the individual recorded as 2310-A-18.9 


Following Wright into the building, the rest of his team is 
likewise replaced with instances of 2310-A. Finding 
herself surrounded by men with guns, 2310-A-18 yells 
"Don't shoot!" Each of the new 2310-As joins in with a 
similar frightened reaction, and they scatter. Most flee 
deeper into the house; 2310-A-2 runs into the yard and 
hides in a bush. 


Hearing Fireteam Axum shouting about armed men over 
the radio, Agent Talbot orders Fireteams Babel and 
Corinth into the building, intending to flank the armed 
men believed to be threatening Axum. Babel enters the 
basement and Corinth breaches the roof; all four 
members of each team are immediately converted into 
instances of 2310-A. They begin adding to the radio 
chatter about armed men.