What I've found from cross-referencing my experiences with the 
Foundation as a whole versus my experiences with individual 
personnel leads me to one conclusion: The Foundation does not 
punish its operatives for existing as unique individuals with personal 
ethics and convictions, but rather renders those personal beliefs and 
behaviors obsolete. Personnel are trained to prioritize the goals of 


the Foundation first, safety second, and themselves — under the 
specific parameters of the fact that they are a valued asset to their 
organization, and nothing more — last. 


The most frightening aspect that's been made clear to me is that 
they're all aware of it. Not even just aware of it, but okay with it; they 
think it's a logical way of living, at least within the confines of what 
they call life, and they don't have any personal issues with 
presenting themselves as nothing more than representatives of the 
Foundation. All of that can only mean one thing: Individual 
Foundation personnel are, by allowing themselves to be used as 
tools by their higher-ups, knowingly accountable for the 
Foundation's actions. And that's a lot of accountability. It's the 
weight of the world, really. I'm not unsympathetic to a human being 
who genuinely believes that containing the anomalous is a 
necessary evil, or even an honorable career choice akin to 
government or law enforcement service, but | am unsympathetic 
toward an organization that consistently walks all over humanity and 
gets away with it scot-free. 


Throughout history, that's been the norm. But can it change? 
Date: June 20 10:03 


From: Mallory Wickerford (of.pcs.ces| 
drofrekciwm#of.pcs.ces|drofrekciwm) 


To: Eric Radford (of.pcs.nimda| 
drofdare#of.pcs.nimda|drofdare) 


Message Subject: Mnestic devices 
Attachments: none 

Message Body: 

Eric, 


| know it's only been a few weeks since the 
last test, but I'm under pressure to develop a 
version of this that doesn't require the lumbar 
puncture as soon as possible. The Ethics 


Committee didn't like the notion that this can't 
be applied to a large group of people at once, 
and Dr. Blanchard, upon visiting the lab, 
encouraged me to focus on the memetic 
vector aspect moreso than the involvement of 
biochemical aspects. As you will likely 
understand, I'm hesitant to do any of that, 
because my research had been aiming to 
decrease the use of anomalous means to plant 
a concept in someone's mind. This will be the 
opposite of that, but I'll do as I'm instructed 
and hope for the best. 


We will not have a means of delivery that is 
usable on the public for at least another year 
or two, at the rate R&D is going. In the 
meantime, please keep in mind any potential 
subjects for the next stages of development. 
Just like with V2.0, these are not the types of 
tests that go smoothly when conducted on 
unwilling D-class subjects. | would much prefer 
informed, higher-ranking personnel, especially 
those who have either worked for the 
Cognitohazards & Memetics Department or 
have field experience with similar subject 
matter. The risks are minimal, especially if | 
successfully remove the biological limitations. 


Once the compliance script is proven effective 
in our own personnel, we can use the results 
to engineer a version of the script that's strong 
enough to be effective even on subjects who 
don't already have the thought pathway 
established. Once we've done that, cleaning 
up Lethe Events should be straightforward 
each and every time; we'll have the technology 
to repair and alter collective memory, and the 
populace won't resist us when we do it. 


In light of the above goals, | am respectfully 


Currently unreadable. 

Path: "North" for 3.41 meters. Subsequently appears to 
reach all parts of SCP-914, although high speeds 
prevented receivers from accurately tracking the path. 
Note 1: Well, that was disappointing. At least | got a strip 
of fancy tape. Hopefully I'll be able to get something out 
of the prior results. -Dr. Mason 

Note 2: So, turns out if you let that tape stick itself to your 
hand, you can draw the paths of whatever it recorded. 
You also draw a legend, and what appears to be a menu 
screen. I'm going to try to get this put onto a D-Class to 
preserve my wrists. - Dr. Mason 

Note 3: Wow. So, not only did the new tracker record its 
own movements, it somehow recorded ALL of the 
movements. Of EVERYTHING that 914 has worked on 
over the last 3 months. | think I've finally gotten 914 to 
work with us, albeit with a lot of analysis involved. This is 
amazing. -Dr. Mason 

Note 4: [EXPLETIVE DELETED]. | thought it would make 
sense for ONCE. But no, it had to be messing with us 
again. One of my interns - sorry, Junior Researchers - 
found out that, if you superimpose all the paths from the 
tracker, you get a 3D image of the Foundation logo. It's 
pretty for art drawn in GPS, but it still makes this whole 
project meaningless. Piece of [EXPLETIVE DELETED] 
doesn't follow set paths. It does whatever it wants. -Dr. 
Mason 

Note 5: Dr. Mason has been placed on psychological 
leave due to apparent stress. Junior Researcher Chen 
has taken over. Analysis of the object paths taken will 
continue. -O5 Command 


Name: Dr. Praetorious 

Date: //2017 

Total Items: (5) promotional Audio Compact Discs, 
“Banana Pancakes” by Jack Johnson 


Input: (1) Disc 
Setting: Rough 


requesting on behalf of this department a grant 
of $250,000.00 to proceed with developmert. | 
think you'll find the payoff will be higher, and 
more noticeable in its effects on the populace, 
than other large-scale projects of a similar or 
higher funding cost. 


Please advise, 
Mallory 


Date: June 20 10:14 


From: Eric Radford (of.pcs.nimda| 
drofdare#of.pcs.nimda|drofdare) 


To: Mallory Wickerford (of.pcs.ces| 
drofrekciwm#of.pcs.ces|drofrekciwm) 


Message Subject: Re: Mnestic devices 
Attachments: none 

Message Body: 

Good morning, 


As you know from our personal conversations, 
Site-42's finances are going to be tight until the 
South Coast Paper suit is dealt with. Had the 
Ethics Committee allowed me to proceed with 
Operation Styx, this would not be an issue, but 
for the time being, | do not know of a way to 
accomplish this. | understand how frustrating 
this must be, and | understand how necessary 
it is for you to get to work, so give me 24 hours 
to get back to you with the best options | can 
find. 


Thank you, 
Eric 


Date: June 20 10:20 


From: Mallory Wickerford (of.pcs.ces| 
drofrekciwm#of.pcs.ces|drofrekciwm) 


To: Eric Radford (of.pcs.nimda| 
drofdare#of.pcs.nimda|drofdare) 


Message Subject: Re: Re: Mnestic devices 
Attachments: none 
Message Body: 


Ask them again. Keep in mind that the factor 
which had previously been holding back their 
approval has been nullified. 


Date: June 20 10:25 


From: Eric Radford (of.pcs.nimda| 
drofdare#of.pcs.nimda|drofdare) 


To: Mallory Wickerford (of.pcs.ces| 
drofrekciwm#of.pcs.ces|drofrekciwm) 


Message Subject: Re: Re: Re: Mnestic 
devices 


Attachments: none 
Message Body: 


That's a reasonable point to make. I'll reach 
out to Blanchard and then Lookingbill if 
Blanchard permits another try. | appreciate 
your persistence. 


3431 W. Telfair Circle, Seabreeze, North Carolina 
June _ , 20 


Agent Trauss is sitting in his car in his driveway, feeling 
sticky in his long-sleeved uniform and not wanting to get 
out of the air conditioning to walk inside. 


"Trauss, it's Director Radford. What are you doing right 
now?" 


He twists the bracket on his earpiece and responds. "| 
just pulled up at home. What's going on?" 


"Switch to your PPO gear and ride over to 42 to meet 
with your handler and |. We've got something that needs 
to be taken care of before Wickerford can get the ball 
rolling on her research." 


"...You're not gonna have me kill someone, are you?" 


"Goodness, no. We've just got a person of interest who's 
stirring things up. We'll brief you more at 42." 


"Alright. I'll change clothes and be there ASAP." 
"Thank you. You won't be in any danger, rest assured." 


Trauss shrugs and opens his car door. "Anything for the 
Foundation." He steps out and hurries inside, head held 
high. 


Personally, | think it can. As my readers know, | have been reporting 
on the Foundation's activities for over ten years at this point, and I've 
seen a wide range of behaviors from them. They seem to become 
the most honest and direct version of themselves when humanity's 
overall safety is being actively threatened — a type of situation that 
appears to be ongoing, as we've learned from the many developing 
stories on these collective memory loss events — and resume their 
shadowy bureaucracy in full once things are safe again. Without 
knowing their plan for addressing current issues, | can only hope 
that it's an intelligent one, because whether we like it or not, they are 
oftentimes the only group of people equipped to protect us. 


Until further developments on the South Coast Paper suit surface, | 
encourage our readers to do their own research on the matter and 
not hesitate to question Foundation employees when desired. With 
publicity comes responsibility — be it in the realm of business and 


law or otherwise — and as we move into the next decade of a post- 
breach world, new threats appearing every day, responsibility is 
more vital than ever before. 


Parenthood 


To: Thelma ( @hotmail.com) 
From: Andrew (_ @yahoo.com) 
Sent: June 5th, 2004, 4:23 pm 
Subject: Big news! 


Hey mom! Sorry | haven't emailed you in the past month. 
Things have been pretty busy. But, | have great news! 
You're gonna be a grandma! We found out yesterday 
that Maddie's pregnant, and we've already started 
turning the guest room into a baby room! Good thing | 
got a pay raise last week. We gotta think of the baby 
now! 


Hope to hear from you soon! 


To: Thelma ( @hotmail.com) 
From: Andrew (_ @yahoo.com) 
Sent: March 7th, 2005, 12:38 am 
Subject: She's here!! 


It's a girl!!! She was born last night around ten at night. 
Madeline's water broke as she was going to sleep. We 
drove to the hospital so fast | think | almost hit someone! 
Jesus, waiting for the doctors to deliver her felt like 
years. Now, as I'm typing this, she's downstairs, fast 
asleep in Maddie's arms. We named her Abby, and she's 
the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I'll send pictures 
soon. 


To: Thelma ( @hotmail.com) 
From: Andrew (_ @yahoo.com) 
Sent: March 8th, 2006, 5:41 pm 
Subject: Just saying hi again 


Hey mom. We haven't talked in a while, have we? How 


are things? We, for one, have been great. | got another 
raise, Maddie's got a new job at a daycare center. It 
actually pays pretty well, and you know she loves kids. 
No child could ever replace Abby in her heart, of course. 
Speaking of which, Abby's first birthday was yesterday! 
Howard and Rachael even showed up! Got to see their 
niece for the first time! Too bad you and dad are all the 
way down in Florida. We'll have to visit when Abby's 
older. Love you! 


To: Thelma ( @hotmail.com) 
From: Andrew (| @yahoo.com) 
Sent: June 24th, 2008, 8:14 pm 
Subject: 


There's been an accident. We were at the playground 
and we took our eyes off of her for one second and she 
fell of the jungle gym on her head. | saw blood. The 
doctor's said she'll recover fine but | can't sleep. It's all 
my fault. 


To: Thelma ( @hotmail.com) 
From: Andrew (_ @yahoo.com) 
Sent: June 25th, 2008, 7:35 am 
Subject: Thank god 


The hospital called and said that Abby will have to stay 
there for a few more days, but she's all patched up and 
on the fast track to recovery. No brain damage or 
anything, it seems. I'm just glad my baby's gonna be 
Okay. 


To: Thelma ( @hotmail.com) 
From: Andrew (_ @yahoo.com) 
Sent: July 2"4, 2008, 9:57 pm 
Subject: Abby 


Mom, there's something wrong with Abby. | mean, she 
looks and acts perfectly fine, but | Know something isn't 
right with her. Madeline says she feels it too. We started 
feeling it after Abby's injury at the playground. We've had 


the doctors look her over, but as far as they're 
concerned, no permanent damage, physical or mental, 
came of Abby's injury. But | just know there's something 
wrong with her. 


To: Thelma ( @hotmail.com) 
From: Andrew (_ @yahoo.com) 
Sent: July 5th, 2008, 10:22 pm 
Subject: Abby 


We got an email from Dr. Williams today. He says that 
he knows Abby has some kind of problem, even if it's not 
physical or mental. It doesn't make any sense, he says, 
but he says that when he was around her he couldn't 
shake the feeling of wrongness. The staff who were 
working with him agreed, apparently. He says that he 
didn't tell us at first because he didn't want Maddie and | 
to worry, but that he just couldn't keep quiet anymore. 


What's wrong with my daughter?? 


To: Thelma ( @hotmail.com) 
From: Andrew (_ @yahoo.com) 
Sent: July 9th, 2008, 9:30 am 
Subject: Abby 


| can't even look at Abby for more than a few seconds at 
a time now. There's something about her now and it just 
shouldn't be. When I'm around her | just get this awful, 
indescribable feeling. Like I'd rather be anywhere else 
but next to my own daughier. | try and limit my 
interaction with her as much as | possibly can. It's 
terrible, but being around her, it makes me wanna throw 
up. It's inside of her. In her eyes, in her skin, everything 
about her. 


| just don't know what it is. 


To: Thelma ( @hotmail.com) 
From: Andrew (_ @yahoo.com) 
Sent: July 10th, 2008, 8:26 am 


Subject: 

i touched her hand 

it felt so wrong 

wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong 


madeline said she felt it too but shes infected it was 
INSIDE OF HER 


im gonna kill them both im gonna kill that cunt im gonna 
kill that THING 


it needs to die 


Recovery Log: SCP-053 was recovered on July 10th, 2008, in ; 
Pennsylvania, from the residence of Andrew and Madeline 

Local authorities discovered SCP-053 and the deceased bodies of 
the couple within the same room. Mrs. had expired from 
multiple stab wounds inflicted by Mr. , who had expired from a 
massive heart attack shortly afterwords, believed to have been 
caused by SCP-053's anomalous effects. Police who attempted 
interaction with SCP-053 also suffered from its effects, resulting in 5 
additional casualties before implanted Foundation agents assessed 
the situation and properly secured the subject. Class-A amnestics 
were administered to all non-personnel involved, including Mr. 
parents in Florida, as they had been exposed to information 
regarding SCP-053 through communication with Mr. 


S 


Paris, Texas 


Note: This is part four in a multi-part story. It is 
recommended that you read the previous entry 
Autocorrect, or start from the beginning At the Library. 


Calvin Paris sat and contemplated the man blowing cigar smoke into 
his face. 


“Didn't take you for a book reader,” he said, looking around the 
empty library. His eyes came back to Harold Maine. “Didn't take you 
for much of anything, truth be told.” 


Maine laughed, or grunted, and the space between the two men 
blossomed with halitosis. “The truth will be told,” Harold smiled. “You 
can bank on that. But you know what to do, don't you, if you'd rather 
keep the truth to yourself.” 


Paris scoffed. “What truth?” 


Maine was silent, but his eyes glittered. Paris had had enough. “You 
need to stop calling me,” he demanded. “It’s pathetic. You're a 
grubby, greedy little parasite. A useless, washed up never-has- 
been... We’re done here.” 


He stood to get up, but Maine gestured him to stop. “So,” he smiled. 
“How do you like being gay?” 


Paris remained seated. “What?” 
“Am | wrong?” 
“| don't know what you're talking about.”