After a year of this continued behavior, Researcher Adams left a 
note on top of SCP-2097: "Please talk to me." At the next cycle, 
SCP-2097-2 remained in the room while Adams was present (see 
interview log). 


+ Interview Log 2097-07 


Notes: This interview was conducted in 
Mongolian with the help of a translator. It has 
been translated into English for ease of 
reading. 


Adams: Please tell me who Juan is, who you 
are, and what this is. (points at SCP-2097) 


SCP-2097-2: | am Shiba, one of knowledge, 
servant of god Tengri. This shape is one of my 
forms incarnate, allows me to read. Juan is my 
English teacher. He is a wise and valiant 
explorer. His real name is Juan Caballero and 
he is an Spaniard, a friend of deities and 
creator of perfect things. 


Adams: Do you know what that thing is? 
(gestures to SCP-2097) 


SCP-2097-2: It is proof of divine friendship. 
After many trials, our first masterpiece, the one 
Juan wished to keep. With Juan's knowledge 
and my power, together we make for the world 
the most beautiful things. Words that are many 
things are beautiful. We make things worthy of 
their name. Juan swore he would continue our 
work. Where is Juan? Did you take him? 


Adams: | don't know where Juan is, but | can 
help you find him. Can you tell me more about 
Juan? 


SCP-2097-2: Juan told me that he loves to 
explore the world. | met him at the Lake of 
Youth while | was reading a book, and he 
taught me English! | still remember the first 
book he read to me, The Canterbury Tales. 
We had lessons every day and he would tell 
me about the wonders of the world, or stories 
about his travels. To share, | would tell him the 
history of the Mongol Empire. 


Adams: Why do you only come here once 
every twenty-three days? 


SCP-2097-2: What are you talking about? | 
come every day to read! 


<End of log> 


A search for the man named "Juan Caballero", described 
as an Spanish scholar and explorer, is currently ongoing. 


Addendum 2097-02: Foundation investigation has discovered a 
Juan Caballero, deceased since 1548. Mr. Caballero was an 
obscure scholar and documented to be fluent in Spanish, English, 
and Old Norse. Although the Foundation did not find any record of 
him being familiar with the Mongolian language, it is probable that 
this is the man that SCP-2097-2 is referring to. Efforts are ongoing 
to recover more information about this individual and their 
descendants. 


Addendum 2097-03: On / / , SCP-2097-2 appeared in the 
containment area along with two sheets of stainless steel, a 1 cm 
thick piece of oak wood and a leaf from the Bearded Iris (Iris 
germanica). SCP-2097-2 explained that it "had remembered what 
Juan had wanted to work on next". Researcher Adams told 
SCP-2097-2 that the Foundation had found someone who knows 
where Juan is, and suggested that SCP-2097-2 return later. 


SCP-2097-2 replied, "It will be good to meet again. He is an 
uncommonly honest man, and always kept his promises." and 
demanifested, leaving the materials in the containment area. 


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SCP-2098: Saint Simon's Day 


Item #: SCP-2098 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: All containment efforts are 
directed towards surveillance of Prime Susceptibility Communities 
and rapid mobilization of venue disruption teams upon confirmation 
of a SCP-2098 Phase 2 event. 


Site-23's two dedicated PSC-2098 monitoring team members are to 
maintain media oversight of yet-unaffected Prime Susceptibility 
Communities as their sole function. GenStat Team 88-Bartleby is to 
maintain the ongoing global media search procedures for SCP-2098 
activity outside of Prime Susceptibility Communities at a Priority 3 in 
their duty cycle (to be altered as necessary by site management, 
RAISA, or O5 mandate). 


Containment teams stationed in active SCP-2098 communities are 
to monitor and maintain an accurate record of all instances of "Saint 
Simon's Day" and intervene to prevent virulent behaviors in any 
SCP-2098 vectors. SCP-2098-Red vectors should be taken into 
custody under the guise of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and 
remanded to Site-23 for analysis and disposal. Containment teams 
are to use standard hearing protection when attempting to contain 
any potential SCP-2098-Red vector. 


Local monitoring teams are to be stationed in any community 
affected by a SCP-2098 event, regardless of whether or not 
disruption was successful. Expanded local mass media surveillance 
(to include delivery methods such as skywriting, smartphone-based 
advertising, and faith-based community outreach) should continue 
indefinitely until further research determines the long-term effects of 
event exposure on community susceptibility. 


Sanctioned venue disruption can range from simply renting the 


facility/space in question to making it permanently uninhabitable in 
extreme cases. Venue disruption has proven effective in preventing 
100% of SCP-2098 events detected before Phase 3 begins. This 
requires a minimum of resources or long-term intervention in most 
cases. All available notifications (banners, flyers, posters, 
pamphlets, videotapes, etc.) of an SCP-2098 event are to be 
collected following its conclusion regardless of its success or failure. 


Description: SCP-2098 is most easily understood as a "virulent 
holiday". SCP-2098 is the cumulative reference for a series of 
anomalous phenomena and behaviors which overwrite existing 
human perception of a calendar date (or dates) with the belief that 
the date in question is a holiday designated "Saint Simon's Day”. In 
practice, SCP-2098 behaves in a manner roughly analogous to a 
pathogen, infecting human perception of the calendar date through 
self-replicating SCP-2098 events. These events alter human 
perception of the date to varying degrees in order to sustain existing 
perceptive anomalies and/or propagate further events. It is theorized 
that without intervention, 100% of the human population would 
perceive and "celebrate" Saint Simon's Day every calendar day 
within twenty-six (26) years, resulting in an XB-Class Perceptive 
Restructuring Scenario. 


To date, all communities experiencing an SCP-2098 event have 
been located in American-held states and territories which do not 
observe Daylight Savings Time, and have been in existence as 
distinct civic entities no earlier than January 1st, 1969. Communities 
meeting these criteria are designated Prime Susceptibility 
Communities. There is currently no evidence of an SCP-2098 event 
occurring prior to 1969, though research is ongoing to determine if 
the SCP-2098 effect is new and unique only to this geographic/ 
legislative region, or if it exists/nas existed with differing parameters 
elsewhere. Though events have thus far only taken place in this 
limited range, SCP-2098-Red vectors can easily transmit infection to 
communities and individuals outside this zone. Due to Foundation 
intervention, no documented infection has yet taken root outside of a 
Prime Susceptibility Community. 


SCP-2098 phenomena proceed along a currently predictable 
course: 


Phase 1 - SCP-2098 will begin to manifest in a target community 
through altered signage/advertising for a local gathering. This will 
invariably include some iteration of the phrase "Saint Simon”. 
Targeted events are always community-wide in scope with no formal 
invitation required (such as a race, festival, fair, or parade). 
SCP-2098 will progressively co-opt such a community event over 
the course of two to thirty days (see list of previous instances). 


At this phase, only a single media outlet may be affected, and the 
naming convention may not yet be consistent or logical. 


+ Example of Phase 1 Activity 


In event 2098-6, flyers for the Chino Valley, Arizona 
Firemen's Association Pancake Breakfast were affected 
12 days before the event date to read alternatively: 
"Saint Simon's Day Oracular Catechesis", "Saint Simon's 
Day Bisected Youth Vigil", and "Feast of Saint Simon's 
Timorous Indulgence". 


The words "Saint Simon" in promotional materials are 
thus far the only commonalities between announcements 
for SCP-2098 events at this phase. Containment teams 
are to verify a shift to Phase 2 before attempting any 
form of intervention as targeted venues and event types 
have shifted randomly during Phase 1, leading to 
confusion and loss of containment. There is currently no 
reliable protocol for effective neutralization of an 
SCP-2098 event during Phase 1. 


Phase 2 - 48 hours before the event date, all promotional materials 
for the event will alter to include a consistent iteration of "Saint 
Simon" in their title. In addition, the venue will be consistent across 
these materials, and they will specify a duration of 12pm to 4pm 
without exception. Widespread perceptive anomalies will first 
manifest in the affected community during Phase 2, with 100% of 
residents possessing accurate but unsourced knowledge of the 
event date, duration, venue, and name. There appears to be no 
accompanying compulsion to attend the event despite this 
knowledge. Unless the venue is rendered unavailable, the 
scheduled community gathering will take place in accordance with 


the time and date indicated on the SCP-2098-altered media. Venue 
disruption is the only currently proven means of preventing an 
SCP-2098 event. 


+ Example of Phase 2 Activity 


In event 2098-7, seven out of fifteen community 
members interviewed reported to have seen anomalous 
promotional materials during Phase 1, but could not 
reliably say what the advertised event constituted or 
when it was. 48 hours before the consistently advertised 
Phase 2 event date, 100% of interviewees confirmed the 
date, venue, time, and nature of the event as "The Saint 
Simon's Day Flensing Cursillo. Sunday from 12-4." 
Interviewees reported no confusion regarding this name. 
Promotional materials for the event posted through 
various media outlets consistently designated the event 
as "The Saint Simon's Day Flensing Cursillo" to take 
place on Sunday, 10/21/1991, from 12pm to 4pm at the 
local Vista del Montana park. Note that despite the 
anomalous name change, physical preparations for this 
event proceeded normally—the co-opted event was a 
chili cookoff. 


Phase 3 - At 12:01:01 PM on the confirmed date, an SCP-2098 
event will enter Phase 3. All persons within the designated 
community event boundaries will cease voluntary movement for 
precisely sixteen minutes and sixteen seconds (ending 12:17:17 PM 
local time). Non-human life is not affected by SCP-2098 events. If 
observed at a range closer than 15 meters during this time, the 
observer will enter the event boundaries and be affected 
accordingly. 


Although close-range medical tests are not possible, viewing from 
minimum safe distance indicates that 2098-affected individuals 
continue to respirate and blink normally for the duration of the stasis. 
Mild to moderate physical interaction from a non-human entity or 
outside force will break this stasis, causing the affected individual(s) 
to fall prone and collapse into a fully unconscious state that will last 
until the cessation of the event at 12:17:17 PM local time. 


Phase 4 - At 12:17:17 PM local time, the event enters Phase 4. All 
affected individuals will leave stasis (including those who may have 
been rendered unconscious and prone due to outside forces) and 
return to their homes by whatever means they arrived at the venue. 
While affected individuals will not violently resist attempts to interfere 
with their return to their homes, should one individual affected by 
SCP-2098 be detained, the remaining affected subjects will come to 
their aid and attempt to remove whatever persons or obstacles are 
preventing the individual from returning to their home. 


+ Example of Phase 4 Activity 


In event 2098-4, an attempt was made to quarantine the 
entire venue (a local veteran's meeting hall) to observe 
affected subjects. Despite door barricades and non-lethal 
deterrents, the two hundred and sixty-four (264) affected 
subjects would or could not respond to questioning and 
took any opportunity available to attempt to exit the 
premises and return to their residences, even if this 
resulted in their injury. After barricades were removed 
and the containment team allowed the affected 
individuals to leave, none of those later interviewed 
recalled their detention or anything other than a pleasant 
day at the "53rd Annual Saint Simon's Day Petrichoric 
Exhortation". Note that the affected community had been 
in existence for less than three years, and the physically 
prepared event was a silent auction for a local charity. 


In event 2098-5, the entire affected populace was 
quarantined under the guise of a Valley Fever outbreak. 
The Pyrrhus protocol was authorized and its use 
effectively neutralized the spread of the localized 
SCP-2098 infection. After Ethics Committee review, this 
containment method has been disallowed. 


Phase 5 - The final phase of an SCP-2098 event transitions the 
affected populace into two distinct vector classes (Green and Red) 
within 6 hours of return to their homes. If prevented from returning to 
their homes, vector classes manifest within 1-2 hours, making 
community inventory and maintenance far more practical if the 
populace is permitted to return to their homes during Phase 4. This 


is current SOP for non-disrupted events. 
+ Green-Vector Information 


Individuals designated SCP-2098-Green (appended with 
specific event #) will consider the date of their SCP-2098 
exposure event to be "Saint Simon's Day". This affects 
both past recollections of the date as well as future 
dates. For instance, 2098-Green-6 individuals consider 
all past and future Octobers the 21st to be "Saint 
Simon's Day". 


SCP-2098-Green vectors recall their exposure event 
date to have proceeded normally; they recall a full 4-5 
hours of specific conversations and activities on their 
exposure date despite having experienced only sixteen 
minutes and sixteen seconds of linear time. Amnestic 
therapy has been successful in eliminating these 
fabricated memories, but the assertion that all past and 
future anniversaries of the event date are "Saint Simon's 
Day" remains with affected subjects. When presented 
with conflicting information regarding the existence of 
such a holiday, 2098-Green vectors express mild 
confusion, but retain their conviction regarding the 
anomalous date and will continue to act accordingly on 
subsequent anniversaries of their exposure date. 


Children and (in two verified cases) grandchildren of 
2098-Green vectors will refer to their parent's original 
exposure date as "Saint Simon's Day" upon reaching 
approximately three years of age. These individuals are 
also classed as SCP-2098-Green vectors and share their 
parent's anomalous experience of the original exposure 
date despite the fact they were not yet born—they are 
able to recall the same fabricated conversations and 
activities experienced by their parent on the initial 
exposure date with 100% accuracy. 


Long-term monitoring has not established any further 
behavioral or perceptual disturbances in 2098-Green 
subjects or established a limit to how many generations it 


unable to play a section of the recording. This "freeze" lasts for a set 
duration, approximately 1 times the amount of time skipped. Those 
affected do not perceive the freeze and will continue as they were 
before it began unless outside stimulus is introduced to alert them to 
the gap in time. During the freeze, all motion in the affected area 
stops completely: objects thrown or falling will remain in mid-air, 
individuals do not breathe or blink, and even chemical reactions 
such as fire will simply pause in a manner visually similar to pausing 
a movie.