Description: SCP-2073 is a set of hazardous reality alteration 
phenomena centered around a humanoid entity, designated 
SCP-2073-A. 


SCP-2073 events consist of multiple Localized Reality Shifts, 
consistently described as: themed (materialization of dark-colored 
matter forming sinew-like veins on surfaces of baseline reality 
objects, frequently in recognizable patterns, and the manifestation of 
mist and clouds of ashes); observable; and non-congruent with pre- 
existing reality (usually causing moderate to severe damage to 
nearby structures, due to the emergence of SCP-2073 matter 
through static surfaces). Witnesses have often compared Localized 
Reality Shifts to earthquakes with successive replicas that grow in 
intensity and range. 


SCP-2073 will occur only if: 


¢ SCP-2073-A has produced a biological son in previous 
years. 1 


* SCP-2073-A becomes convinced that SCP-2073 will occur, 
and that if left unchecked SCP-2073 will trigger an unspecified 
XK end-of-the-world scenario. 


Once SCP-2073 manifests, SCP-2073-A will typically seek to 
commit suicide while in close proximity to its firstborn son. This 
event, designated "Lullaby Event", occurs between 3 and 10 years 
after the latter's birth; at this point, its son will become a new, latent 
instance of SCP-2073-A. 


If a Lullaby Event is delayed, SCP-2073 will become fully manifest 
after two to ten hours; SCP-2073 reality alterations at this point will 
be able to severely damage buildings, alter local seismic activity 
and/or cause meteorological anomalies (such as the appearance of 
winds in excess of 50 kph and clouds of ash). Observed progression 
of the area affected by these Localized Reality Shifts indicates that, 
if unwilling to or prevented from completing an Lullaby Event for long 
periods of time, SCP-2073-A will become the focal point of an XK- 
class end-of-the-world scenario due to the SCP-2073 phenomena. 


Measures to facilitate or enforce this willingness have been 
deployed in the current iteration of SCP-2073-A. 


Addendum SCP-2073-01: Interview with SCP-2073-A-2 and 
recording of Lullaby Event 2. 


Foreword: SCP-2073-A-2 ( , construction wor 

/2008 after his wife (a ) called the police due to a do 
gain access to (first born child of the couple) armed with a k 
A-2 had behaved erratically and violently on occasion since 


During its detainment, SCP-2073-A-2 repeatedly requested to b 
current location. This was denied by police officers for approxim 
reality alteration properties became manifest and Foundation fie 
all three family members and establishing preliminary containme 
station of Whispering Pines, IL, with the cover of a potentially he 


An abridged version of the interview between SCP-2073-A-2 an 
state of exhaustion and agitation. 


Agent __ : Please, explain why are you here [in detainment]. 


SCP-2073-A-2: My wife called the police because she thought | 
of the knife and all, see. 


Agent — : Were you? 


SCP-2073-A-2: Look, | am not the best father, alright! | have hu 
drunk, and | drink to not think about it. | don't even know how ca 


Agent: | am afraid not. Please explain. 


SCP-2073-A-2: Well, we're all going to die, right? (subject mom 
screaming) Right?! 


Agent _ : Yes, that seems to be the case. 


SCP-2073-A-2: And we still have children. (subject behaves in < 
guess we all know we're gonna die and think, oh, little Joe will h 
kids, but they all die, don't they? We all die. (subject falls silent) 


Agent :Wedo. 


SCP-2073-A-2: (hesitating, agitated) |'ve been hearing things. | 
been hearing these voices. Swished things that said this whole s 
saw- 


Agent: Please, calm down, __. Start over when you're read\ 


SCP-2073-A-2: Nah, there is no time, not for me anyways. Besi 
about it yet... Okay, see, when the kid was born? That night | he 
him and crying. He was dead. Guts spilling from his belly, a little 
black dirt and burnt, and there was smoke and the sky was cold 
wrong. Out of place, like lined up in rows... | mean, how could tt 
there were... okay, like not people, something just a bit like peor 


Agent =: Do what? 


SCP-2073-A-2: Do my part. It's always a dream like that, month 
I'm awake; black dirt, the world burnt, ashes and smoke, that go 
wailing that | didn't do it. 


Agent — : What does your part consist of? 


SCP-2073-A-2: That | must pass it on. 
Agent _ : Pass what on? 
SCP-2073-A-2: Nothing, it's... It's my responsibility, our respons 


Agent _ : Are you doing this in order to prevent these events fi 
this? (Note: Agent refers to the SCP-2073 manifestations taking 
witnesses would describe these events as "dark sinew-like tissu 
circles and geometrical motifs", this last aspect speculated to be 


SCP-2073-A-2: N-no, the walls cracking's new, too... Listen, | h 
Agent —_: Do you think you will stop this if you kill yourself? 


SCP-2073-A-2: No, you don't-you don't get it, it will never stop. ' 
stands up and repeatedly steps on a motile tendril of SCP-2073 


Agent =: Whois? 


SCP-2073-A-2: You don't see them yet, but they just wanna do 
must happen. 


Agent =: Howcan you know it will work? 


SCP-2073-A-2: Look, I-| dunno! Do you think that | like this, that 
The damn things (Note: SCP-2073-A-1 may be referring to the « 
me, | guess. For a while, | just didn't want to believe it. | mean, v 
sacrifice, right? (scoffing, low whimper) But the last months... | } 
want to... | must. | must do this. 


Agent _ : Are you certain that you want to? 


SCP-2073-A-2: Yeah. (subject composes itself) With me out of ' 
this is what | want. And to be strong, too. She'll have to be for hi 
our kids die too, in the end? At least | won't have to hold his cor 


SCP-2073-A-2 taken to the presence of in an annex to mair 
for the duration of this incident. A new SCP-2073 Localized Rea 
damage to facility. 


Subject sits by its child (sedated per request of Agent ) andc 


Lullaby Events. Event recorded as per protocol. 
++ Access to Lullaby Event-2. 


SCP-2073-A-2: | have seen the world burning. | have sé 
life- 


Note: Reportedly, the largest concentrations of € 
humanoid protrusions, which crawl towards the « 
SCP-2073-A-2 and ignore all other present hum. 
laugh for the duration of the event. 


SCP-2073-A-2: The father must spill blood over the son 
father, and blood is life's coin; since such life is the fathe 
audible rumbling in background) pass his blood to the s 
bargain. So receive this my bound, my child, and be anc 
interspersed with a faint cracking sound; laughter is heé 
you. 


Note: Variations on the last sentence have been 
subjects have sung this "lullaby" before completi 


SCP-2073-A-2 commits suicide. SCP-2073 ceases, bas 


Foundation observers report that SCP-2073-A-2's blood 
into a black organic substance (Note: later confirmed to 
ashes.) upon contact; subject wakes up at this point anc 


is taken into custody and preemptively classified SC 


Administrative Order - - -: Only Authorized Personnel. 


++ File sealed as per Administrative Order - - 
. Continue only if authorized by Level 5/ 
Global personnel. 


ADMINISTRATIVE OF 


To: 0-4, Area 08 RARP personnel, pertinent Levet 5 persc 
From: Office of the Head Archivist of Area-08. 
Ref: Special SCP-2073 Archival Report. 


As per Administrative Order ES-057-2073, all references | 
and the SCP-2073 test schedule have been stricken fr 
SCP-2073 procedural creation, behavior and deactivati 
Information that may be used to track SCP-2073-A-1's ge 
main database. Only Clearance Level 4 personnel or mé 
materials. 


Since SCP-2073-A remains under heavy monitoring by At 
of potential candidates to bear SCP-2073-A's descendant 
at this time. SCP-2073-A will be moved to a dedicated res: 


Were new cases of SCP-2073 to manifest outside of F 
SCP-2073-A and tracking down the person or persons re; 
related to the "Palacian schools" is underway as a prevent 


Footnotes 

1. While all recorded instances of SCP-2073-A have been 
cisgender males and have produced biological descendants, there is 
no evidence that SCP-2073 phenomena may only manifest in 
instances of SCP-2073-A that are biologically related to their 
children, or that they could not manifest in transgender or male- 
identifying descendants.Female at birth SCP-2073 instances are not 
expected to occur. 


« SCP-2072 | SCP-2073 | SCP-2074 » 


SCP-232: Jack Proton's Atomic Zapper 


Item #: SCP-232 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-232 is to be kept ina 
locked safe in the Cognitohazard wing of Site 73. When not in use 
for testing, its batteries are to be removed. When batteries are not 
installed, SCP-232 may be handled safely by any authorized staff 
member. The Foundation is to monitor online auction houses and 
dealers of vintage toys, and acquire any products of the same model 
as SCP-232 for testing and disposal. Any other instances of 
SCP-232 discovered are to be archived appropriately. 


When batteries are installed, personnel other than D-Class are not 
to handle SCP-232 for any period longer than necessary to install 
and remove batteries. Staff members who have been exposed to 
works in the Jack Proton franchise, in any format, are not to handle 
SCP-232 for any period of time while batteries are installed. D-Class 
carrying SCP-232 for testing purposes are to be monitored at all 
times and terminated if SCP-232-related behavior should pose a 
security risk. 


The copyright, publication, and merchandising rights of the Jack 
Proton novels and all spinoff media are to be held by Springfield 
Crown Publishing, a Foundation front company, for the purpose of 
keeping the works out of print, thereby preventing activation of 
anomalous properties in any SCP-232 instances that may exist 
outside containment. In the event of any public occurrences of 
SCP-232 behavior, the Foundation shall liaise with local law 
enforcement authorities to recover the artifact and issue Class-A 
amnestics to affected parties as appropriate. The Foundation shall 
encourage world governments to enact extensions to international 
copyright law as necessary to prevent the Jack Proton franchise 
from lapsing into the public domain; in the event that any Jack 
Proton franchise material becomes public domain, DDoS techniques 


SCP-2074: Sinkbait 


Item #: SCP-2074 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2074 is not dangerous. 
Information or expeditions to SCP-2074 by the public should be 
monitored and diverted if necessary. Currently, the Foundation 
believes that at least one person or group is aware of, or may be 
monitoring or controlling, the anomalous features of SCP-2074. 
Attempts are underway to identify this party. 


Description: SCP-2074 is a hydrothermal black smoker vent 
located in the Southern Explorer Ridge seismographic area, west of 
Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Ocean. It is located at a depth of 
1770 meters in the bathypelagic zone. 


The anomaly was identified from a buoy probe array operated by the 
United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for 
the purpose of monitoring acoustic activity from nearby vents, which 
had a positive result in the Morisato-Vaux Signal Test (MVST) 
program.! The Foundation isolated the anomalous signal's source 
as SCP-2074. 


An extended effort on the part of Dr. and Dr. concluded 
that certain modulations in activity (output of minerals and 
superheated water) correspond to syllables in four languages. 
During active periods, the “message” is repeated for 16 hours in 
English, Spanish, Nuu-chah-nulth (indigenous language from the 
Nuu-chah-nulth people of western Vancouver Island), and Ditidaht 
(indigenous language from the Ditidaht people of southwestern 
Vancouver Island) with Russian loanwords. 


Attached to the ocean floor 4.6 meters from SCP-2074 is a heavily 
corroded but functional electronic device measuring 30 cm x 30 cm 
x 10 cm. The device has no obvious controls, inputs, or outputs 


aside from an illuminated seven-segment display panel. The device 
is unlabelled, and its purpose, origin, and manufacturers are 
unknown, as well as its connection to (or interactions with) 
SCP-2074. Classification as an anomalous object has been 
postponed, pending further data. 


Addendum 2074-A 


12/16/201 
The first positively identified signal is translated as follows: 


UNDENIABLE PROOF OF THE HYDROTHERMAL 
ORIGINS OF LIFE 


This appears to be a reference to the abiogenetic theory of the 
origins of life on earth from undersea hydrothermal vents. A 
remotely operated exploration vessel (ROEV) is sent to SCP-2074 
to investigate, and finds no evidence of unusual activities or 
features. Several samples from the nearby area are collected and 
determined not to be unusual. 


1/29/201 
A second period of anomalous activity begins and is translated as 
follows: 


EVIDENCE THAT ALIENS VISITED EARTH 
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO 


A second ROEV is deployed, and takes several observations 
(including video) from SCP-2074 and 0.5 km of the surrounding 
area. Nothing aside from the vent activity has markedly changed 
from the last exploration. The message itself, given the established 
knowledge of SCP-2005, SCP-471, and SCP-163, was observed not 
to be highly insightful. 


During this expedition, the electronic device is also observed for the 
first time, due to the ROEV's alternate angle of approach. At this 
time, the illuminated display panel reads "00002." 


2/07/201 

A third ROEV is deployed to the area during an inactive period. Only 
changes other than the vent activity is that the display panel now 
reads "00003." 


Further translated signals from SCP-2074 include the following: 
POSSIBLE UNDERSEA WORMHOLE TO EUROPA 


WRECKAGE OF THE GHOST SHIP CELESTE 
CELESTE (sic) 


BUY PELAGI-COLA 
ADORABLE BABY POMPEI] WORMS 


BACTERIA CONTAINING ENZYME PATHWAY THAT 
CONTRADICTS LAWS OF PHYSICS 


HOLE THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE PLANET'S 
CORE 


INSANELY DEEP HOLE FILLED WITH MOLTEN ROCK 
BUY PELAGI-COLA 


9/13/201 

A fourth ROEV is deployed to investigate SCP-2074 and the nearby 
area during an active period. While the surrounding area is 
unchanged, the aforementioned display panel now reads "00005" 
and appears to have been cleared of barnacles and debris. All 
further expeditions to SCP-2074 have been postponed. 


Footnotes 

1. An investigative program which has been running on over 80,000 
incoming data streams from both Foundation and civilian natural 
monitoring stations around the globe for the past eight years. The 
MVST becomes positive for a particular data stream when it detects 
pattern-based (rather than random) variation that is either:Complex 
and repetitive, and not corresponding to a known phenomenon or 


natural cycleDisplaying levels of informational entropy close to that 
found in natural language.See: Vaux, C. Morisato, H.; Voices ina 
Noisy World: Interpreting MVST Results.Detection: an SCP 
Foundation Journal.2006. 


« SCP-2073 | SCP-2074 | SCP-2075 » 


SCP-2075: The Way of All Flesh 


Item #: SCP-2075 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2075 is to be held in 
isolation within a Containment Unit capable of being hermetically 
sealed when required. Containment Unit is to undergo remote 
decontamination daily (more if deemed necessary). SCP-2075 is to 
be supplied with bottled water and nutrient capsules via a pneumatic 
tube three times a day. All interactions with SCP-2075 are to be 
done by remote microphone. 


Observational windows are constructed of laminated ballistics glass. 
Any damage to the containment cell must be repaired immediately 
by personnel equipped with Level A hazmat gear. SCP-2075-A are 
to be terminated via incineration and disposed of per hazardous 
waste protocols unless authorized for research by Site Director. 
Biopsies are to be stored within individual cryogenic storage units.