Following Incident-2141-II, provisional containment 
procedures were established under order of Site 
Administrator L __, including the construction of a 
barricade to obstruct the motion of SCP-2141-1. At 2:37 
p.m. (within six (6) minutes of finalization of 
construction), SCP-2141-1 appeared just outside of the 
constructed barrier, emerging from underground. It 
immediately moved due south-by-southwest at an 
approximated velocity of between 5 and_ kph, 
continuing to delve underground and resurface between 
very short intervals as few as 0.03 s. At the time such 
movement patterns were unprecedented, and on-site 
personnel were unable to incapacitate SCP-2141-1 and 
prevent containment breach. 


SCP-2141-1 was instead incapacitated following a 
collision on Interstate 91 with a trailer truck, which 
resulted in the amputation of SCP-2141-1 above the 
knees. SCP-2141 reclaimed both the incapacitated body 
of SCP-2141-1 and its severed remains upon arrival. 


Foundation agents on the scene reported 7 casualties, 
1 of which were Foundation personnel. Additionally, 
severe structural damage was caused to Interstate-91, 
with property damage incurred of $8, , 


The aftermath was publicly explained as a series of 
avalanches, mudslides, and sinkholes prompted by 
nearby activity ofthe & Drilling Company. After 
the consequential bankruptcy of the company, the 
Foundation was able to significantly increase its 
presence in the area near SCP-2141 by offering front 


services to repair damages and by occupying many 
vacant Forest Service positions. 


In spite of having travelled a distance of km, 
SCP-2141 was noted to be continuous for the entire 
length of its “head” to its initial point of origin. 
Additionally, the anomaly has been determined to be the 
source of video and radio interference originating within 
SCP-2141, with this effect extending along its entire 
length. It is believed that this interference results from 
the anomalous spatial effects caused by SCP-2141. 
Class A Amnestics administered by agents posing as 
paramedics on scene thus ensured that the public 
remained unaware of SCP-2141's existence. 


+ Interview Log 2141- 20 (/ /20 ): 


Interviewed: Provisional Containment 
Site-141 Administrator, D L (“DL-141”) 
Interviewer: Site-28 Administrator 
(“Admin-28”) 

Location: Site-28, New York, New York 


<Begin Log: 7:25p.m., / /20 > 
DL-141: An interview room. What the fuck. 


Admin-28: You called me; you told me it was 
serious. Now it’s serious. This is standard 
procedure. You have urgent information to 
share regarding 2141, correct? You think we 
had you airlifted from upstate so you could 
make a courtesy call? “Off-the-books” isn’t a 
card you have in your hand right now, D 


DL-141: | called the O5s, — (pauses) — 
“twenty-eight,” not you. They “deferred” me to 
your — (Snorts) — “expertise.” 


Admin-28: The point, D . What the O5s 
decide isn’t something | decide, you know that. 


DL-141: Don't give me that crap. This is 
because of Incident[-2141]-lll. They don’t trust 
my — what’s the term? Operational judgment? 
Professional discretion? What’s the 
terminology for you all thinking I’m “a hysterical 
bitch”? You all air-hauled me out here so | 
could explain myself. 


Admin-28: There was a lot of damage. Not 
only Foundation lives lost, but civilians’. We 
cleaned it up — we’re stil/ cleaning it up — but | 
think it’s reasonable if the O5-Council would 
like someone to confirm that what you have for 
us today isn’t going to result in another — 


DL-141: So this is “the point,” huh? Fuck you, 
twenty-eight. You think you would have done 
better? You’ve seen the reports. 
“Unprecedented.” | — we — had no reason to 
believe that blocking off 2141-1’s exit — to such 
a limited extent, | might add — would cause a 
containment breach. The damn thing’s — 
(pauses) — she’s been learning. 


Admin-28: From SCP-2141. You claim. 


DL-141: It’s fucking Euclid-class, twenty-eight. 
Most of what | have is claims. But they’re 
claims backed by solid evidence. Since 
Incident 2141-I, she’s — 


Admin-28: “It.” “SCP-2141-1.” | would think 
that at your position you would have learned a 
degree of professional distance, D_ . (quietly) 
Lord knows I’ve had to. 


DL-141: (silent) 


Admin-28: Look, Administrator. We’re on your 
side. But you have to understand that this isn’t 
politics. This is protection. These are priorities. 


Secure, contain — 


DL-141: Protect. (sighs) | know. (pauses) | 
fucked up. (quietly) | fucked up. 


Admin-28: You “made an operational error 
due to the high variability of anomalous 
properties complicating containment.” (quieter) 
You need to get used to this, D_ . You’re right. 
We -— !’ve— seen the reports. And there were 
other researchers on-site who agreed with 
your decision to revise containment procedure. 
Those deaths aren’t your fault any more than 
SCP-2141-1’s predicament is — (pauses) — the 
fault of the “deceased” wife. The only one 
who's to blame is — well actually, it might as 
well be our reality. 


DL-141: (laughs) This is some kind of psych 
eval, huh? 


Admin-28: (laughs) As | said, standard 
protocol. We don’t think you’re — what was 
your term? 


DL-141: “A highly-pressured upper-level 
employee of the Foundation subject to typical 
stressors and psychological distress in the 
course of professional operations.” 


Admin-28: You're learning. 
DL-141: Yeah, | guess | am. 


Admin-28: We are taking you seriously, D 
What do you have for us? 


DL-141: (exhales) Here. (hands a document to 
Admin-28) 


Admin-28 (reading): Increased instances of 
SCP-2141 delving underground. (continues 


reading) And SCP-2141-1 is emerging ata 
greater average frequency. 


DL-141: Around every eighteen days or so. 


Admin-28: But existing containment 
procedure has been effective? 


DL-141: If this keeps up, they won't be. 
Admin-28: What do you mean? 


DL-141: Like | was saying — (pauses) — it’s 
learning. The anomaly is emulating the 
behavior — and in some cases, the appearance 
— of SCP-2141. That viscous coating — she’s 
had that from day one, but we’ve noticed other 
things. 


Admin-28: Such as? 


DL-141: Her eyes. Her sclerae, her irides, 
they’ve darkened considerably. And what 
looks like cataracts on her eyes makes us 
think she’s not using them — if she ever was. 
For the first few emergences after — (pauses) — 
after Incident 2141-III, she was bumping into 
walls, moving more erratically — but that’s 
since stabilized. SCP-2141 doesn’t have eyes 
— how it gets around, how it detects 
SCP-2141-1’s location is all a mystery to us — 
so that’s just one piece of evidence that 
SCP-2141-1 is becoming more like its... 


Admin-28: Progenitor. 
DL-141: Yes. But there’s others. 


Admin-28: The delving underground, the 
erratic velocities. 


DL-141: Yes. Nothing like what we saw during 


testing would be necessary to prove that theory. Suggest analysis of 
recipes offered during normal testing of SCP-241. 


Test 241-22, / /20 


Subject: Subject 241-K is a rhesus monkey. Health screenings 
indicated no apparent food allergies or other health problems. 


Procedure: Subject was introduced to SCP-241 and encouraged to 
open it by handlers. Handlers were instructed to keep subject from 
closing SCP-241 again. 


Results: Subject eventually opened SCP-241 and handlers kept it 
open for analysis. The contents of SCP-241 were consistent with 
previous results for a Target with a shellfish allergy, though again 
unique for the Target. Testing confirmed subject had developed an 
allergy to shellfish. A dish was prepared from SCP-241 by Subject 
241-F and presented to Subject 241-K. Subject 241-K ate the meal 
without hesitation, and nine minutes later was dead from 
anaphylactic shock, consistent with previous testing. 


Analysis: SCP-241 is just as effective on (certain) non-humans as it 
is on humans. The working theory now is that SCP-241 works on 
anything potentially susceptible to food allergies that can and does 
open SCP-241. 


Test 241-23, / /20 


Subject: Subject 241-L is a robot designed for remote manipulation 
of hazardous materials. 


Procedure: Subject was remote controlled by [DATA EXPUNGED], 
who was instructed to have the subject open SCP-241. 


Results: Subject opened SCP-241 via remote control. The contents 
of SCP-241 were identical to before it was closed previously. 


Analysis: SCP-241 apparently does not respond to inorganic 
Targets. 


Incident 2141-III, but enough to make us 
worry. If it ever exhibits that kind of behavior 
again... 


Admin-28: Existing containment procedures 
won't suffice. 


DL-141: Correct. 


Admin-28: Are you proposing terminating 
SCP-2141-1 to prevent containment breach? 


DL-141: Fuck no. For all we know the thing 
can probably regenerate. (hesitates) I’m 
proposing — (Pauses) — “neutralizing” 
SCP-2141. 


Admin-28: | — what? How? The sheer size 
alone — if we even could kill it — 


DL-141: - Neutralize it. 


Admin-28: (pauses) Neutralize it — how would 
we — 


DL-141: Dispose of the remains? | know. But 
something has to be done. | — | tried hindering 
the movement of SCP-2141-1. It doesn’t work, 
and | do not recommend trying it again. Even if 
it could work, the costs of a mistake are — 
they’re excessive. Especially if we don’t get 
the kind of godsend we got from that frickin’ 
18-wheeler. (pauses) Do you know how close 
its projected path put it to this Site? What 
would have happened if that truck hadn't hit it? 


Admin-28: And then we don’t even know what 
would have happened if the collision had 
neutralized it. 


DL-141: Exactly. And look, further down. 


Admin-28 (reading): “Personnel on-site have 
additionally reported increased seismic activity 
in the immediate vicinity of SCP-2141 while 
dormant.” Fuck. 


DL-141: Exactly, again. And we can’t get a 
reading of whatever is happening down there. 
Interference blocks off all attempts to use GPR 
beyond km. 


Admin-28: Jesus Christ. 


DL-141: So you see why I’m here. There’s a 
timetable on this. We don’t know what 
SCP-2141 is doing in response to our 
containment procedures. We can’t guarantee 
that any containment procedure we do design 
will prevent unprecedented anomalous 
behavior. This isn’t the first time that a scip has 
presented a threat to existing containment 
procedures, but this one is coming faster than 
we're ready to deal with it. Those greater 
frequencies of SCP-2141-1’s emergence — 
they represent decreases in the time it takes 
for SCP-2141 to incubate one of its offspring. 


Admin-28: What do you have to support that 
claim? 


DL-141: Not much. But if these things need to 
be carried to term, as they apparently do, it’s 
unlikely that all the shit we put SCP-2141-1 
through allows those gestating shits to survive 
inside of her. At the very least, we think 
SCP-2141 is doing damage control whenever 
it reclaims SCP-2141-1. Rehabilitating the 
trauma to the infant. But even one more of 
these things would be hell on our ability to 
contain the situation. Not to mention hell on 
our budget. 


Admin-28: I’ve yet to see hell freeze over cold 
enough to freeze out our funds, D 


DL-141: Yeah, and that’s probably because it'll 
be the last thing you see. 


Admin-28: True. (pauses) I’m sending a log of 
our conversation over to the O5. I'll endorse 
your recommendation. We're prioritizing 
termination of SCP-2141. 


DL-141: Fantastic. (sound of shuffling sheaves 
of paper) 


Admin-28: Wait. One more thing. 


DL-141: What is it? I’ve got a flight to catch, in 
less than five minutes, apparently. 


Admin-28: That document from Incident 2141- 
|. The O5 wants your assessment oT it. It’s not 
included in the report. 


DL-141: That lunatic’s writings? (laughs 
derisively) | don’t know what the hell he’s on 
about, and frankly, | don’t care. Maybe there is 
some pre-civilization legend about this thing 
we're dealing with. (quietly) What | am worried 
about is that there might be more idiots like 
him. Or even other locations where things like 
this are lying dormant. (pauses) My 
assessment of that document is that there is 
only one SCP-2141, given the way he refers to 
the anomaly as unique. But it’s not an airtight 
conclusion. 


Admin-28: As you said, few things are. Keep 
up the good work. 


<End log: 7:58 p.m., / /20 > 


Site Administrator L has since been cleared of all 


charges of misconduct or negligence in her operational 
duties. 


Footnotes 
1. Synthetic aperture radar 
2. Ground-penetrating radar 


« SCP-2140 | SCP-2141 | SCP-2142 » 


SCP-2142: Just Clap Your Hands 


Item #: SCP-2142 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Individual instances of 
SCP-2142 require no special containment procedures, and are to be 
stored in a Bulk Storage Unit at Site-33. Testing of SCP-2142 may 
only occur in soundproof testing chambers of Class 3 or higher. 


Although individual instances of SCP-2142 can be stored with 
minimal upkeep, SCP-2142's methods of propagation or generation 
are not currently understood. MTF Delta-7 ("Sci Fidelity") is 
assigned the task of identifying, intercepting, and cataloging 
individual instances of SCP-2142. MTF Delta-7 is authorized to 
employ Class-B amnestics and administer Corrective Procedure 271 
in civilian populations as they deem necessary. Research into 
SCP-2142 and its effects should focus on identifying songs, aloums 
and artists likely to be an infection vector for SCP-2142. 


Foundation personnel exposed to SCP-2142 and determined to be 
under its effects can opt to undergo Corrective Procedure 27 and be 
re-assigned to another project. Personnel who will not consent to 
Corrective Procedure 27 are instead to report to Site-33's resident 
psychiatrist for a mandatory monthly evaluation and lessons in lucid 
dreaming techniques. 


Description: SCP-2142 designates any compact disc (78% of 
known instances), vinyl recording (18%), or cassette tape (4%) 
which induces the "Lavinia Complex"2, an anomalous psychological 
disorder, in the listener. 1,8 instances of SCP-2142 are currently in 
containment, with an unknown quantity of additional instances 
existing outside of containment. 


Listeners exposed to SCP-2142 will suffer from an anomalous sleep 
disorder dubbed the "Lavinia Complex" by its discoverer, Dr. 


Nadeem 3. Individuals suffering from a Lavinia Complex 
invariably dream about consuming the metacarpals and carpals of 
their own hands, along with all attendant flesh, tendons and muscle 
tissue. Subjects describe these dreams as vivid and unsettling. 
Those suffering from the complex also report anxiety, insomnia and 
hypnophobia; subjects tend to dread sleeping for any length of time. 


Of the Lavinia Complex sufferers the Foundation has been able to 
interview, subjects report that they dream every night, regardless of 
the length of their sleep. Even subjects who sleep for less than 90 
minutes* wake up to report nightmares involving self-cannibalization 
of the subject's hands. The dreams fit two major narratives: 


Type A: Type A dreams are vivid, gruesome and detailed, 
consisting solely of the subject's consumption of their own hands. 
Other details of the dream, such as where the dream occurred and 
whether or not the dreamer was alone, fade from memory when the 
subject awakes. Typical individuals suffering from the Lavinia 
Complex report that 90% or more of their dreams are Type A.