... Having grown disappointed with his adopted heir 
Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, Septimius Leo 
declared his desire to find a queen befitting his stature. 
Having found no suitable lions in Rome, the emperor 
ordered a hundred and one fertile lionesses captured 
and brought to Rome from Africa. He found none 
suitable to be his wife, but how many he laid with before 
they were returned across the sea can only be guessed 
at, for itis said that a great many fell pregnant... 


...By the seventeenth year of his reign, many questioned 
whether Septimius Leo had lost faith in the gods; rumors 
spread that he neglected to sacrifice to Jupiter or to 
Mars, and bequeathed his affections only to the cat god 
of the Egyptians; it was said even in some circles that he 
intended to replace the worship of our ancient gods 
entirely with that of Bastet... 


It was during the campaign in Britannia that Septimius 
Leo fell ill while drinking wine and preparing his plans for 
war against the Picts. Caracalla claimed that his brother 
Publius Septimius Geta was responsible and ordered his 
death; but Geta's supporters claimed the priests of 


Jupiter had arranged his poisoning, and others still 
claimed that a spurned lover had sought his revenge 
against the emperor... 


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SCP-1733: Season Opener 


Item #: SCP-1733 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: The DVR containing SCP-1733 
is to be kept in a secure video archive at Site- . Playback of 
SCP-1733 is strictly forbidden unless required for research. 
Personnel must contact Dr. Geller for permission to study 
SCP-1733. 


Description: SCP-1733 is a digital recording of the 2010-2011 NBA 
season opening game played at the TD Garden in Boston, 
Massachusetts on 10/26/2010 between the Boston Celtics and 
Miami Heat. Agents monitoring social networking sites were alerted 
to SCP-1733 when Boston native complained in a Facebook 
thread on 10/27 about a technical foul in the third quarter involving 
players Ray Allen and Chris Bosh that never occurred in the original 
broadcast. When confronted, uploaded the relevant 
segment much to the confusion of his derogators. Foundation 
agents embedded in Facebook's moderator team deleted the thread 
and procured the IP addresses of all individuals present at the chat 
at this time to locate and administer Class-A amnestics. The 
Motorola brand DVR containing SCP-1733 was recovered for study. 


Study of the footage has since revealed the nature of the recording's 
anomalous properties. Although initially diverging from the original 
broadcast only negligibly, such as quarter point totals and 
occurrences of fouls, SCP-1733 has begun to markedly digress from 
the content of its earlier playbacks. Recorded entities have been 
observed to retain memory of previous playings, and as such have 
developed a burgeoning awareness of their existence. It is 
hypothesized that playbacks impart an unquantifiable measure of 
cognizance to the entities inhabiting SCP-1733, with consecutive 
playings greatly expanding recall of previous events. This effect is 
cumulative and extends to all persons in the arena. Quality of 


awareness has progressed from reported feelings of intense déja vu 
by commentator personalities Mike & Tommy to a near-eidetic 
memory of preceding playbacks. However, to note, no entities inside 
SCP-1733 have ever addressed the viewer directly, or shown 
awareness that they reside in a digital recording. 


The individuals in the recording are virtually indistinguishable from 
their real life counterparts in talent, behavior, and mannerisms on 
court. Fans in the crowd also appear to be real human beings in all 
respects, and Foundation inquiries into the current status of these 
persons has found nothing of note. For all intents and purposes, 
recorded entities appear to be the actual individuals but somehow 
abiding in a digital medium. TD Garden records have put the 
number of people in attendance on 10/26/2010 at 


It was initially thought the purpose of SCP-1733 was to depict an 
infinite number of game outcomes, since players were able to 
modify offensive and defensive strategies during every playback. By 
playback 034, players and coaches became so keenly adapted to 
the opposing team's playbook that the score remained 0-0 until 3:34 
in the first quarter. As quality of recall was still weak in early stage 
iterations, memory of preceding playbacks likely manifested as a 
vague intuition felt by players, fans, and team personnel alike, 
interfering with their ability to grasp the full scope of their situation. 


By playback 045, however, comprehension of their predicament had 
reached such a point that players declined to play altogether and 
assembled with the rest of those in attendance to formulate possible 
escape plans. It is the conclusion of Foundation researchers that the 
inhabitants of SCP-1733 are imprisoned in the setting of the 
recording, as they have been unable to exit by any means. Doors 
leading out of the arena have not yielded to an estimated force in 
excess of N. The assembly has also been unable to exit from 
locker rooms, player facilities, and skyboxes. Waiting for patrons 
arriving in at scripted points prior to the start of the first quarter has 
also been unsuccessful: individuals leave by where patrons entered 
and are then unable to navigate an escape from the adjacent 
corridors that girdle the main arena. Escape attempts have since 
grown more desperate, and have included failed attempts at 
constructing makeshift explosives, all-out rioting, the fracturing of the 


assembly into three opposing factions, and by playback the 
ritualistic murder and disembowelment of players in the hopes of 
appeasing whatever it is that confines them (see Timeline Document 
001 for details). However, upon the beginning of a new playback, all 
persons are returned to their pre-game status unharmed. 


Researchers have been unable to duplicate the effects of SCP-1733 
with other recordings made by the DVR, confirming the device is not 
the source of SCP-1733's aberrant properties. Due to the distress 
visited upon inhabitants of SCP-1733, testing has been suspended 
indefinitely. 


+ Partial Timeline Document 001 


Piayback # Notabie Developments 

Playback 002 First recorded deviation 
from recorded broadcast. 
TD Garden crowd boos the 
Miami Heat during entrance. 
Miami Heat forward LeBron 
James observed to have 
scowled and shaken his 
head dismissively at the 
crowd. 

Playback 015 Score remains 0-0 for eight 
consecutive possessions. 
Fans appear noticeably 
subdued when displayed on 
the facility's HD scoreboard 
screen. Celtics power 
forward Glen Davis is able 
to execute a crucial block 
late in the fourth quarter on 
LeBron James he could not 
complete during the original 
broadcast, securing the 
Celtics' lead. Commentators 
note Glen Davis's 
dedication to performing 
well on both sides of the 


Playback 026 


Playback 027 


court in spite of the "Big 
Three's blistering ball 
movement on offensive 
plays". A nascent 
awareness of previously 
played games has begun to 
form. 

First Miami Heat victory, 
112-85. Crowd becomes 
aggressive, shouting 
obscenities and hurling 
foodstuffs at the Celtics. 
Color commentator Tom 
Heinsohn understood the 
frustration, criticizing the 
Celtics’ coaching staff for 
becoming so complacent 
after having "cracked the 
code of the Miami Heat 
offense". As this was the 
first game together for the 
Miami "Big Three", it is 
unlikely any coaching 
personnel would have 
become so adjusted to an 
unfamiliar offense in a 
singié game. 
Commentators Mike & 
Tommy note a feeling of 
déja vu during the Heat's 
grandiose entrance. Crowd 
remains subdued during key 
Celtics plays. Celtics 
emerge the victors, 
prompting Tom Heinsohn to 
remark "the Celtics have 
come a long way winning 
back the hearts of their 
fans". When asked to 
elaborate by Mike Gorman, 


Playback 044 


Playback 045 


Heinsohn could only 
respond that he felt the 
team had an 
embarrassment to atone for, 
but could not specify further. 
Teams emerge disoriented 
and confused. Game is 
suspended. Majority of time 
is spent by medical 
professionals assessing the 
mental state of players, who 
remain convinced they had 
dreamt playing the season 
opener frequently the 
previous night. When 
informed of the situation by 
team staff, commentators 
Mike & Tommy affirm the 
same feeling. Crowd is also 
afflicted. Recording ends 
with court-side 
correspondents interviewing 
members of the crowd on 
the nature of their dreams. 
Players refuse to play. 
Cameramen, facility 
personnel, players, 
commentators, and crowd 
members gather in the court 
to appraise the situation. All 
persons are convinced they 
are reliving the same game 
repeatedly. Doors are tested 
but cannot be budged. 
Recording closes as crowd 
begins to fashion makeshift 
weapons to pry open doors. 
Last instance of camera 
being manipulated by the 
camera crew. All following 


Playback 051 


Playback 052 


Playback 055 


playbacks are seen through 
a single static shot of a 
broadcast view camera. 

No attempts to exit the 
building have succeeded. 
All exits in the arena and 
adjacent areas remain 
sealed. A physical 
altercation in balcony 
section 318 between an 
inebriated group of college- 
aged males and one older 
male leaves the older male 
concussed on the floor and 
unconscious. As broadcast 
camera is unable to pick up 
audible voices on opposite 
side of the arena, 
presumably the dispute 
occurred over the group of 
males not assisting with 
escape plans. First recorded 
violent incident. 

The man knocked 
unconscious in previous 
playback is returned to 
previous state unharmed 
upon the beginning of 
current recording. The man 
ambushes and bludgeons 
one of his attackers to death 
at 34:12 mark. 

Cognitization has 
progressed to such a point 
that the crowd is now able 
to remember the events of 
that week, as well as friends 
and family members outside 
the facility. Attempts to 
contact outside for help are 


Playback 065 


met with failure. 

Crowd is unable to exit the 
facility. Congregation has 
since dissolved into the 
following groups and 
"factions": players, coaches, 
and all involved team 
personnel have presumably 
barricaded themselves in 
off-screen player facilities. 
The infirm and parents 
accompanied by their 
children have retreated to 
the northeast corner of the 
balcony rise and have 
elected to wait out 
playbacks as they occur, 
marking their territory with a 
Celtics championship flag 
draped over Section 320. 
individuals henceforth 
referred to as the 
"Faithkeepers" have 
proselytized to multiple 
gatherings that they believe 
being confined to the TD 
Garden is a punishment for 
rampant consumerism of 
the post-industrial world, 
and have burned "offerings" 
of mobile phones, car keys, 
handbags, and wallets in 
center court for the past four 
playbacks. The group 
comprises Boston 
churchgoers and 
[REDACTED]. A notable 
portion of adults numbering 
approximately 

individuals, however, remain 


Playback 073 


Playback 095 


Playback 112 


Playback 


Playback 


diligent in formulating 
escape plans. 

The "Faithkeepers" grow in 
number after previous 
playback incident, where 
three males were severely 
injured by an improvised 
explosive fastened to an exit 
door. No damage to the 
door Is visible. 

Hedonistic displays of sex 
and violence have 
sufficiently curbed the 
efforts of proselytizers. 
Makeshift curtains are hung 
around the site of an orgy at 
loge 8 at the urging of 
Section 320 members. 
Conditions have 
deteriorated considerably. 
individuals leapt from 
balcony section in opening 
ten minutes of playback 
112. 

Faithkeepers storm player 
facilities to retrieve Paul 
Pierce and LeBron James. 
The players are ritually 
sacrificed and their bodies 
are subsequently displayed 
on the arena's "Jumbo- 
tron". The murder of players 
seems to have no effect on 
ihe recording. 

Proselytizers have begun to 
call for the sacrifice of 
children. Adults have 
formed a wall between 
Group 320 and the 
Faitnkeepers. 


Playback First recorded deviation in 
arena light to a deep red 
color. [DATA EXPUNGED]. 


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SCP-1734: The Hole in the Deck 


Item #: SCP-1734 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Due to impossibility of 
transport, SCP-1734 is contained on-site at Outpost-1734, which is 
located on an island in the Caribbean Sea approximately 450km 
east of . The island is not in the vicinity of any practical sailing 
route, and as such, any civilians that come within 500 meters of the 
coast are considered to be suspect. Said civilians are to be 
detained, interrogated, then escorted from the outpost to the nearest 
appropriate port and administered class-A amnestics. 


Personnel are permitted to board or enter the vessel for research 
purposes only, and only with the approval of a Level 3 or higher 
researcher. Following Incident-1734-1E, no personnel are permitted 
to interact with the appendage protruding from SCP-1734-1. 
Explorations within SCP-1734-1 are currently suspended. 


Description: SCP-1734 is a grounded 18th Century full-rigged 
British frigate with considerable damage to the structure but 
relatively little evidence of deterioration. Artifacts recovered from the 
ship, however, demonstrate decay and contain material which 
suggest that it has been grounded for almost 300 years. Direct 
contact with the structure of the vessel appears to be impossible: 
matter cannot come closer than 1cm of the walls, floor, ceiling, and 
supports. Due to this, it is impossible to move or alter any portion of 
the ship (it does not sway from tidal pressure, and the sails are 
motionless even in high winds), but items unattached to the 
structure are unaffected by the phenomenon and exhibit no 
anomalous properties. The nature of this anomaly is poorly 
understood, but the entire vessel appears to be isolated from all 
surrounding matter. This phenomenon does not appear to be 
hazardous to the material it repels. 


SCP-1734-1 is a spatial anomaly localized around a breach in the 
deck of the ship. This breach is roughly one (1) meter in diameter 
and irregularly-shaped. When viewed from the deck, this hole 
appears to lead to the interior of the ship, which is flooded. This is in 
contradiction of several explorations within the vessel, all of which 
have concluded that while the ship is heavily damaged, the 
immediate chambers beneath the deck are dry. The breach is visible 
from within the ship, but leads to an indeterminate amount of unlit 
space; attempts to observe or illuminate the area within have been 
unsuccessful. While the exterior-side of the anomaly is accessible, 
the interior-side is rendered impassable by the same phenomenon 
that prevents contact with the ship. 


Extending from the exterior-side of the anomaly is a tentacle 
consistent with a specimen of Architeuthis dux, but of abnormal size 
(the observable length of the appendage is 7 meters, and the width 
is 35cm). The entity constantly makes slight movements, but is 
docile unless attacked. If this occurs, it will flail rapidly and wildly 
until it grasps an organism’. The entity will then drag the victim 
through the anomaly and into the water, wherein death occurs in 
5-10 minutes. If death does not occur by drowning, it will result from 
[DATA EXPUNGED] (see DOCUMENT SCP-1734-E5). The tentacle 
will reemerge after 20-30 minutes. Any damage done to the tentacle 
(including complete destruction) will regenerate in no more than 180 
minutes. 


+ DOCUMENT SCP-1734- 


E5: ANOMALY EXPLORATION LOG | (CLEARANCE 3/1734 REQUIF