Protocol 371-Shepherd involves the use of SCP-2787 to 
create a emergency containment facility in the situation 
that conventional containment is not feasible. Owing to 
the risk resulting from the anomalous nature of 
SCP-2787, the protocol is not to be activated save for - 
Class scenarios or greater. All personnel assigned to 
SCP-2787 are to have a level of competence with non- 
anomalous versions of SCP-2787-1 or similar software. 
Activation of 371-Shepherd will be authorised by direct 
communication from 05 Command. Alternatively, in the 
event of an -Class scenario or greater, full authority will 
be given to the senior surviving staff member attached to 
SCP-2787. When the Protocol is active, SCP-2787-2 is 
designated a Provisional Site. Following successful 
reintroduction of containment all personnel involved are 
to [REDACTED]. 


Implementation history 


/ /20 - 371-Shepherd activated following 
SCP- breaching containment after 
[REDACTED]. The object was recaptured 
successfully by site security and the Protocol 
was stood down. 


/ /20 - 371-Shepherd activated as part of 
simulated containment breach (see Exercise 


Blue Railroad). Indications that SCP-2787 is 
unusually vulnerable to high-level reality 
bending entities are to be investigated as a 
matter of urgency. 


- -20 -371-Shepherd activated following 
mass containment failure at Site .SCP- and 
SCP- held at Provisional Site 2787-2 until 
Site secured by responding MTF personnel. 


- -20 -371-Shepherd activated following 
discovery of SCP- .SCP- _ heldat 
Provisional Site 2787-2 until construction of 
dedicated facility could be completed. 
However, containment breach occurred after 
[REDACTED], suggesting [REDACTED] may 
have knowledge of SCP-2787 and/or access 
to an SCP-2787-1 instance. SCP- 
successfully recontained at Site 


- -20- -371-Shepherd activated in 
preparation of [REDACTED]. In the resulting 
confusion SCP- breached provisional 
containment after apparently [DATA 
EXPURGED]. Subsequent testing has 
indicated that reality levels surrounding 
SCP-2787-2 are fluctuating far above normal 
levels; Protocol 371-Shepherd is currently 
suspended, with the exception of -Class 
scenarios, under which it is believed that 
[REDACTED] would in fact be desirable. 
SCP-2787 is therefore reclassified as Euclid at 
this time. 


« SCP-2786 | SCP-2787 | SCP-2788 » 


SCP-2788: God is Red Rich 


Item #: SCP-2788 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2788 is to be confined 
within Provisional Humanoid Containment Site-888 at all times. All 
essential members of staff at Site-888 must be citizens of the 
People's Republic of China who hold valid hukou' that identify 
themselves as residents of Huaxi Village. As an incentive for 
continued cooperation with the Foundation, requests made by 
SCP-2788 to purchase luxury items using its own financial assets 
may be approved by the Site Director on a case-by-case basis. The 
current worldview of the inhabitants of Huaxi Village is to be 
maintained through the deployment of propaganda in favor of the 
status quo and economic manipulation by Foundation front 
companies. 


Description: SCP-2788 is a male human of approximately sixty- 
seven years of age, who self-identifies as , Inner Secretary of 
the Huaxi Village Communist Party Committee?. SCP-2788 can only 
be perceived or interacted with by individuals who hold valid hukou 
that identify themselves as residents of Huaxi Village. Interviews 
with SCP-2788 suggest that its appearance, personality, and 
knowledge reflect the current worldview of the inhabitants of Huaxi 
Village. Furthermore, SCP-2788 has claimed that it has assumed 
different forms throughout the past; those claims have largely been 
corroborated by local eyewitnesses and historical databases. 


In 1988, SCP-2788 first came to the attention of the Foundation 
through automated econometric anomaly-prediction systems, which 
noted unexpectedly rapid growth of earnings and investment in 
Huaxi Village compared to the baseline in the People's Republic of 
China following Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms. An on-site 
sociological analysis of Huaxi Village noted unusual levels of social 
cohesion, economic equality, and conformity, as well as a local cult 


of personality centered on SCP-2788, of whom no records could be 
found by agents embedded within the Chinese central government. 
Remote observation of Huaxi Village through CCTV cameras began 
in the following year, yielding footage of Huaxi Village residents 
spontaneously talking to themselves and congregating for 
assemblies convened by SCP-2788 at which there was no visible 
speaker. Discovery of SCP-2788 took place after Agent Cheng was 
provided a residence in Huaxi Village and had his hukou modified to 
identify him as a resident of Huaxi Village. 


+ Interview Report 2788-1 
Interviewed: Agent Cheng 
Interviewer: Dr. Wang 


Foreword: Debriefing took place after Agent 
Cheng moved into Huaxi Village and 
encountered SCP-2788 for the first time. 


<Begin Log> 


Dr. Wang: For the record, could you describe 
the circumstances in which you encountered 
again? 


Agent Cheng: Certainly. | had just moved into 
my new house, when | heard someone 
knocking at the door. Keeping my sidearm 
ready, | approached the door, and looked 
through the peephole, where | saw an elderly 
man standing on the other side. | opened the 
door, and then he introduced himself as ; 
Inner Secretary of the Huaxi Village 
Communist Party Committee. 


Dr. Wang: What happened next? 


Agent Cheng: He said that he had been 
expecting me, and | asked him why that was 
the case. He replied that he knew that he was 


being watched ever since we installed all those 
CCTV cameras in Huaxi, and that he expected 
us to eventually move someone to Huaxi to 
see him in person. He then asked me who | 
was working for, and when | told him that | had 
no idea what he was talking about, he 
chuckled, handed me a business card, and 
told me that, regardless of who | was working 
for, he was interested in talking with me. After 
that, he left. 


Dr. Wang: Do you still have the business 
card? 


Agent Cheng: Yes, | do—it's right here. 


(Agent Cheng hands the business card to Dr. 
Wang.) 


Dr. Wang: Very well, then. You'll be updated 
with new orders soon. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: After the debriefing, 

was designated SCP-2788. Agent Cheng was 
given orders to contain SCP-2788, through 
diplomatic means if possible. 


+ Interview Report 2788-2 
Interviewed: SCP-2788 
Interviewer: Agent Cheng 


Foreword: Agent Cheng arrived at the 
address of the office listed on the business 
card that he had previously been given by 
SCP-2788. A hidden microphone was used to 
record the interview with SCP-2788. 


<Begin Log> 


SCP-2788: | am not surprised that you have 
come back to see me. Are you now willing to 
tell me who you work for? The central 
government, I'd imagine? 


Agent Cheng: Perhaps if we can make this an 
exchange of information? 


SCP-2788: That seems fair. 


Agent Cheng: Well, | can tell you that | do not 
work for the central government, if that's your 
concern. | represent an organization that 
works to protect this world from the abnormal, 
by- 


SCP-2788: By locking up people like me? 


Agent Cheng: We prefer the word contain, 
actually. Our organization is not a jail—it isn't 
criminal to be abnormal. We only want to 
protect the world from what it doesn't 
understand, and what it doesn't understand 
from the world. Now that you know why I'm 
here, would you be willing to tell me about 
yourself, and your... peculiarities? Depending 
on your circumstances, we may be able to 
help each other by working together. 


SCP-2788: That will do. As the Inner Secretary 
of the Huaxi Village Communist Party 
Committee, | represent the will of its 
inhabitants. However they see their world, | 
guide them so that it can become their reality. 
There have been times when | have done so 
as a god, or a hero, or more recently, a cadre, 
but now | am quite happily doing so as a 
capitalist. 


Agent Cheng: You enjoy being a capitalist 
more than you enjoyed being a god? 


detergent. However, lab tests have shown there to be no physical or 
chemical difference between garments washed in SCP-325 or other 
brands. Further research into low-level memetic threats are ongoing, 
but as the effects of SCP-325 are contained by non-use, SCP-325 is 
currently classified as Safe. 


When a garment washed in SCP-325 is worn, the subject wearing it 
will eventually succumb to extreme pervasive paranoid delusions 
related to mysophobia and cleanliness. This will often induce 
ritualistic behaviors in the subject, and has lead to subjects harming 
themselves through excessive cleaning methods such as placing 
their hands in boiling water or ingesting bleach. There are currently 
five levels of behaviour caused by SCP-325 exposure documented, 
with all tests past 480 total hours of exposure resulting in the [DATA 
EXPUNGED] indicated on the label, unless subject expires at Level 
4, as documented below. 


All time measurements indicated in the following descriptions of 
behaviour after exposure are indicated at the average number of 
hours exposed, rounded up and +/-10%. "Exposure" refers to the 
time spent physically wearing garments cleaned in SCP-325. 


Level 1 Behaviour Subjects exposed to SCP-325 for between 1 
and 24 hours will exhibit majorly increased awareness of hygiene 
and cleanliness. This is usually characterised by excessive hand 
washing and ordering others to be more clean themselves. This 
stage will usually pass without comment; however, any staff noticing 
increased awareness of cleanliness around the storage area of 
SCP-325 should inform Level-4 clearance personnel immediately. 


Level 2 Behaviour Subjects exposed to SCP-325 for between 24 
and 96 hours will begin to display extreme mysophobia and manic 
washing regimens. Exposed subjects will also shun others, only 
exiting their domicile to stockpile supplies of tinned food and 
cleaning agents such as bleach. Interviews have shown that 
subjects view the outside world to be ‘unclean’. 


Level 3 Behaviour Subjects exposed to SCP-325 for 96 to 240 
hours exhibit complete disregard for anything that is considered by 
them to be unclean, including the outside world. If an object inside 
their abode can be cleaned by the subject, they will clean it until 


SCP-2788: Of course | do—people expect far 
less out of me these days, so | actually have 
time to enjoy myself. | don't have to intervene 
to solve every little problem—no, | just have to 
keep the factories working and the investors 
satisfied. Besides, capital gains are a far better 
source of income than sacrificial offerings. 


Agent Cheng: What if | told you that, if you 
were to enter containment by our organization, 
we could help keep you as you are? 


SCP-2788: How? 


Agent Cheng: You may be in charge of Huaxi, 
but what power do you have over the rest of 
the world? At any moment, society might 
change again, and you would have to change 
with it. Our organization has the influence 
needed to keep things as they are here, if you 
are willing to cooperate with us. You wouldn't 
even have to work at all. 


SCP-2788: Perhaps if | can remain in Huaxi. 


Agent Cheng: I'm sure that can be arranged. 
Let me speak to my superiors, and | will let you 
know what we can do. 


SCP-2788: In that case, | look forward to 
hearing back from you. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Over the next week, an 
agreement was made with SCP-2788, 
resulting in SCP-2788 voluntarily entering 
containment. Part of the Longxi International 
Hotel was modified to suit the purposes of 
containing SCP-2788, and designated 
Provisional Humanoid Containment Site-888. 


+ Interview Report 2788-3 
Interviewed: SCP-2788 
Interviewer: Dr. Wang 


Foreword: Interview conducted immediately 
after SCP-2788 entered containment. 


<Begin Log> 


Dr. Wang: Secretary , now that you've 
entered our custody, I'd like to ask you some 
questions about your life history for our 
records. Do you know when your earliest 
memories took place? 


SCP-2788: Well, | don't have an exact year, 
but it must have been around when the 
Hongwu Emperor’ conquered Nanjing. At that 
time, many refugees were fleeing the chaos in 
the north, and some of them settled at Huaxi. 


Dr. Wang: You've claimed to Agent Cheng 
that you have played various different roles on 
the behalf of the inhabitants of Huaxi Village in 
the past. Who or what were you during that 
time period? 


SCP-2788: The villagers worshiped me as 
Tudigong? in those times. Before they plowed, 
planted, pruned, harvested, or did just about 
anything, the villagers would always seek my 
divine wisdom, because they knew that if | 
granted it to them, the harvest would be good. 
They thought that it was some kind of magic, 
but in reality it was just sound agricultural 
advice. There was nothing | knew that any 
literate man with the proper resources could 
not have figured out for himself, but the 
villagers turned towards me for direction 


because of their ignorance and superstition. It 
was a truly dreadful chore for which | never 
received the gratitude | really deserved. 


Dr. Wang: For how long did you remain in that 
role? 


SCP-2788: Until the Qing issued the queue 
order, as | recall, when the villagers joined 
the people of Jiangyin® in rebellion. That was 
when | became known as the Silent Wind, a 
rebel whom the Qing could never hope to 
discover or apprehend. | was able to lead 
some successful ambushes, but the rebellion 
was a losing proposition from the very 
beginning. The Qing outnumbered us at least 
ten-to-one, and after they took off a few heads, 
the villagers were sufficiently cowed and | went 
back to being Tudigong. 


Dr. Wang: What happened next? 


SCP-2788: Huaxi continued to enjoy peace, 
until the riben guizi’ invaded. Fuck their 
ancestors to the eighteenth generation! It 
wasn't just Nanjing that they butchered®. 
Huaxi, too, suffered their brutality, and | saw 
hundreds of my people slaughtered before my 
eyes. Becoming the Silent Wind once again, | 
considered rallying the villagers against them, 
but then | thought back to when the villagers 
rebelled against the Qing, and realized that 
rebellion would just mean that more of the 
villagers would die. Thus | resigned myself to 
consoling the survivors and informing them 
about Japanese troop movements. | wish that | 
could have done more and fought the 
Japanese myself, but it just wasn't possible. 


Dr. Wang: Nevertheless, you must have 
saved several lives. You should be proud of 


what you were able to accomplish, considering 
your circumstances. 


SCP-2788: | would be, if it wasn't for what 
happened next. After the war, when the 
Communist Party took over, | became the 
cadre you see today. For the first few years, all 
was well. | was able to carry out land reform 
and help out the peasants of Huaxi, like | had 
done before as Tudigong. Things changed, 
though, when Mao announced the Cultural 
Revolution. Before | even realized it, | became 
a young member of the Red Guard. | smashed 
the idols of Tudigong that had been erected in 
my image, denounced the faithful priest who 
kept singing my praises, and spat in the faces 
of old men who | had helped before and during 
the war. | am now ashamed of what | had 
done, but it was what the villagers wanted me 
to do! 


(SCP-2788 pauses.) 


SCP-2788: Or at least it was what most of 
them wanted me to do. | did what | could to 
protect them from the Japanese, but there was 
nothing that | could do to protect them from 
themselves.