SCP-2404-1 is an elderly human male of Assyrian descent. 
SCP-2404-1 has been designated a Class 21 reality bender.2 
SCP-2404-1's reality altering capabilities are limited to water, which 
it is capable of generating, controlling and destroying, as long as the 
water remains within ten meters of it. SCP-2404-1 uses its reality- 
altering abilities to maintain two jets of water slightly above its 
shoulder blades. SCP-2404-1 is unable to generate, control or 
destroy water with a salt concentration of >35,000 ppm, or water 
which is a solute in a solution. SCP-2404-1 has not been observed 
to age while in containment. 


SCP-2404-1 refers to itself as "Enki", and claims to be the Sumerian 
deity of the same name. SCP-2404-1's fingerprints match those of 
Elijah =, an Assyrian-American man who was declared a missing 
person two years before the discovery and containment of 
SCP-2404-1. 


SCP-2404-2 is a humanoid entity, standing approximately 2.25 
metres tall and weighing approximately 100 kilograms. 
SCP-2404-2's anatomy is identical to that of a human with few 
exceptions. SCP-2404-2's skin is blue-black in colour, and is 
covered by a purple-blue exoskeleton with the exception of joints 
and sensory organs. SCP-2404-2 possesses a bone crest on its 
forehead resembling a crown, the majority of which is hollow and 
serves no apparent purpose. 


SCP-2404-2 also refers to itself as "Enki", and claims to be an 
extraterrestrial being that visited prehistoric Sumer approximately 
8000 years ago. Examination of SCP-2404-2 reveals that it is 
genetically human. 


Discovery: SCP-2404-1 and SCP-2404-2 were discovered in the 
city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, after emergency services received 
a call from multiple people claiming to see "a homeless man fighting 
an alien". Interviews with both SCP-2404-1 and SCP-2404-2 confirm 
the events that lead up to their containment. SCP-2404-2 had been 
attempting to gain monetary donations for the purpose of "rebuilding 
its spaceship". SCP-2404-1 had been travelling through the region, 
and after hearing that SCP-2404-2 referred to itself as "Enki", 
SCP-2404-1 sought it out. SCP-2404-1 confronted SCP-2404-2 over 
what it believed to be an attempt to impersonate it, leading to a 
violent altercation. 


Interview-2404-Aleph: Interview-2404-1-Aleph and 
Interview-2404-2-Aleph were conducted to determine possible 
origins for SCP-2404-1 and SCP-2404-2.3 SCP-2404-1 and 
SCP-2404-2 were initially unwilling to cooperate with the 
Foundation, but agreed to be interviewed in exchange for a written 
translation of the Barton Cylinder and a collection of short stories 
by the author Isaac Asimov, respectively. 


Interview 2404-1-Aleph 


Interviewed: SCP-2404-1 
Interviewer: Dr. B 
<Begin Log> 


Dr. B_ : Okay, let's begin. SCP-2404-1, who 
are you? 


SCP-2404-1: | am Enki. Lord of abundance. 
Lord of wisdom, who understands the land. 
Leader of the gods. Lord of Eridu. 


Dr.B  : How were you created? 


SCP-2404-1: | was born to An and Nammu. | 
sealed Abzu, who is the Cosmic Waters. | 
created mankind, and taught your kind 
civilization. But time passed. New gods 
replaced the old. My brothers and sisters all 
faded from being as our worshippers did. | 
alone remained. | am weak and old, but | am 
still a god. 


Dr.B :How was SCP-2404-2 created? 
SCP-2404-1: That creature? 


Dr. B_ : Yes, the being you were attacking 
when we found you. 


SCP-2404-1: It is false. It calls itself by my title 
but it is false. It claims to be from the stars, but 
it is false. 


Dr.B_ : Could you elaborate? 


SCP-2404-1: There was a man. When | found 
it there were men helping it. The men gave the 
creature money and supplies. They must have 
created the creature as a false depiction of 
me, or altered an unsuspecting human into it. 


Dr.B  : Why would someone do that? 


SCP-2404-1: | do not know. | can speculate. 
To grow a movement? To convince men to 
give up wealth? A false god has many uses. 


Dr.B_ : Alright, one last thing. Then we'll be 
done. Your prints are identical to ones from a 
person who went missing two years ago. Are 
you sure you're telling the truth? 


SCP-2404-1: | was hoping that would not be 
discovered. It is true. | was weak when | was 
without worship. | needed a body. Elijah 
provided one. He let me in. He let me take him 
over. | regret it. 


Dr. B— : Okay, | think that's enough for today. 
Thank you, SCP-2404-1. 


SCP-2404-1: | would like to make a request. | 
want to apologize to the wife of Elijah. Your 
organization has many resources. Could you 
find her for me? 


Dr.B :Wecantry. 
<End Log> 


Closing Statement: The individuals aiding 
SCP-2404-2 as described by SCP-2404-1 has 
not been found. SCP-2404-1's request to meet 
with the wife of Elijah has been denied. 


Interview 2404-2-Aleph 
Interviewed: SCP-2404-2 
Interviewer: Dr. B 


<Begin Log> 


Dr.B_ : Okay, let's begin. SCP-2404-2, could 
you please tell us where you come from? 


SCP-2404-2: My name is Enki. | am one of the 
leaders of an ancient interstellar empire who 
visited this world long ago, who were 
worshipped as gods by your kind. | returned 
here to teach humanity of many things, but my 
spaceship has crash-landed. Thus, | have to 
repair it so that | can return to my people. 


Dr.B_ : That sounded a little rehearsed, to be 
honest. Can you explain that? 


SCP-2404-2: My apologies, that's how | 
converse with those on the street when | 
attempt to convert people to my cause. 


Dr.B : Convert them? 


SCP-2404-2: Yes, recruit them into our group. 
There was a small organization helping me 
repair my craft. | had taken it upon myself to 
gain resources of both a monetary and human 
nature. 


Dr.B  : Could you tell us more about the 
organization that helped you? Any names? 


SCP-2404-2: | cannot. Not because | do not 
wish to, | simply do not know the names of my 
allies. Those who assisted me were extremely 
secretive. But | can detail how | first 
encountered them. 


Dr.B : Go ahead. 


SCP-2404-2: It was right after my ship 
crashed. My memory was shattered and 
fragmented. | did not know my own identity. 
My new friends helped me recuperate, and 


helped me determine my identity. They 
showed me the fragments of my broken craft 
and translated the documents from its 
computer. Then, we set out to repair it. | was 
tasked with gaining recruits and donations, as 
my alien form would be evidence enough to 
support my claims. 


Dr.B  : Where does SCP-2404-1 come 
from? 


SCP-2404-2: The man who assaulted me? 


Dr.B_ : Yes. He claims to be the god Enki in 
human form. Is he lying? 


SCP-2404-2: Of course he is lying. The very 
concept of the deity Enki is a warped, distorted 
cultural memory of my visit to ancient and 
primitive human society. /am Enki. 


Dr.B  :So what is he? 


SCP-2404-2: | have a theory, actually. The 
men who found me, their research was 
extremely broad. Ancient beings such as 
myself were their topic of choice, of course, 
but they branched out into many subjects. One 
of my allies was researching people who could 
reshape the fabric of reality with their thoughts. 
Well, | have been considering the topic, and | 
have come to a conclusion. This man, he can 
reshape reality. He delusionally believes he is 
a god, and thus, he has become one. He is 
nothing more than a man with an unusually 
potent god complex. 


Dr.B_ : Just one more thing, then we'll be 
done. We've examined the blood sample we 
took from you when you first arrived here. 
Genetically, you're identical to a human. 


SCP-2404-2: Of course | am. Does this 
surprise you? Your kind has been moulded 
and shaped to reflect mine. We made you like 
us. | am not identical to a human. Humanity is 
identical to me. 


Dr.B  : Thank you for your time, 
SCP-2404-2. 


SCP-2404-2: Before you go, could | submit a 
request? | need my craft returned to me. Could 
you find and repair it? As a favour to me? 


Dr. B- : I'll look into it. 
<End Log> 


Closing Statement: The location of the 
vehicle described by SCP-2404-2 is currently 
not known. SCP-2404-2's request to have the 
vehicle returned to it has been denied. 


Addendum: On 4/04/2004, two identical messages manifested 
outside the entrances of Site 17 and Site 66. The messages were in 
English, and imprinted on clay tablets. The messages are believed 
to refer to SCP-2404-1 and SCP-2404-2. 


Transcript of Message 


Why are you listening to those idiots? There's 
only one of me. 


-Ea 


Footnotes 

1. A dedicated site designed to contain reality benders. 

2. Subtype designation 'l' is the classification for reality benders 
whose facets are considered to be ‘Intentional’; seeReality Benders: 
Classifications and Presumed Threat Levelsfor a complete definition 
of this classification. 

3. The consultation ofSCP-3740, another entity claiming to be a 
Mesopotamian diety, was proposed, but denied due to difficulties in 


the transport and briefing of all involved anomalies. 
4. A Sumerian creation myth. 


« SCP-2403 | SCP-2404 | SCP-2405 » 


fire another round once the cap is removed again. Initial opening of 
the bottle caused the termination of subject D-12432. Examinations 
of interior via small camera down the bottle neck revealed that the 
bottle is apparently empty. 


Money Entered: 100 Yen 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item Description: A glass orb with a plug in the top that can be 
removed. Inside the orb is approximately 500 mL of a clear 
gelatinous liquid, which when drunk was reported by the subject as 
tasting like rusty metal. After being drunk, a gear suddenly appeared 
in the subject's hand, with the label "Collect all million parts to 
build ‘s Clockwork Machine!" It had a picture of said machine on 
the label, which appears to be SCP-914. 

Okay, | have an idea. Let's keep doing this, and collect all the parts 
to the machine! -Researcher Clark 

No. It'll be faster to tear that thing apart and figure out how it works 
than to get all the parts like that. 

-Researcher 


Money entered: Three cigarettes compressed flat from prison, 
Japan. Notably used by the inmates as currency. 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: Several peas packaged in a tightly wrapped 
napkin. The napkin matched those used at prison but was 
folded in such a way that would not have been possible by the 
inmates without damaging the peas. 


Money entered: A "0 yen" coin minted by The Foundation and the 
Japanese government for this test. 

SCP-261 Powered or Unpowered: Powered 

Item description: An intangible metallic cylinder that collided with 
solids and liquids while not being effected by gases. Item can be 
manipulated but the object coming into contact with it is not effected 
by it. Humans are capable of perceiving it but cannot feel or detect it 
in any other way. Using the pull-tab the can was opened revealing 
four tan cubes with the same properties. When consumed they were 
converted into fecal matter with the same properties. 


SCP-2405: 2017_acf_nats_fianls.mp4 


Item #: SCP-2405 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: A copy of SCP-2405 is to be 
maintained by the Department of Information Technology in the 
Secure Foundation Network File System (SFNFS) at all times. 
Access to SCP-2405 is to be restricted to the current head of the 
SCP-2405 Automated Experimentation Project. As of 
Experiment-2405-279198, videos derived from SCP-2405 are to be 
screened by a Cognitohazard-Sanitizing Expert System (CSES) 
before being viewed by humans. 


Description: SCP-2405 is a MPEG-4 Part 14! video file originally 
named 2017_acf_nats_fianls.mp4 [sic], with non-deterministic 
content. Although the file size and the binary representation of 
SCP-2405 resembles those of similar non-anomalous .mpé4 files, 
SCP-2405 has the anomalous property that each time SCP-2405 is 
opened by a program capable of playing video files, a different 
video, albeit one that is thematically similar to previous videos, will 
be played. That anomalous property is maintained by copies of 
instances of SCP-2405 created by an operating system's copy and 
paste function2, renamed instances of SCP-2405, and instances of 
SCP-2405 whose metadata has been modified, but not by instances 
of SCP-2405 whose video data has been modified. 


Without variation, SCP-2405 depicts a game of quizbowls, 
conforming to the 20/204 format used by the Academic Competition 
Federation (ACF)5, being played on the stage of a lecture hall as the 
final match of a tournament. The games depicted by SCP-2405 can 
vary drastically in their participants, content, and, in less than 
0.0005% of all cases, historical context. The contents of some 
games, if taken as fact, suggest that those games, if not nearly 
every game depicted by SCP-2405, take place in timelines which 
have diverged from Baseline history. Because of the extreme rarity 


of such games, they were discovered only through the SCP-2405 
Automated Experimentation Project, in which recurrent neural 
networks were trained to identify dissimilarities with Baseline history. 


SCP-2405 was identified on / /2016 by PANOPTES, a Foundation 
web-crawler designed to analyze videos on video-uploading and file- 
sharing websites for non-deterministic content. SCP-2405 was found 
on and retrieved from __, a popular file-sharing website, before it 
was removed from that website under Standard Cover E-3 ("Internet 
Piracy"). Under the same cover, Foundation agents gained access 
to the databases of that website to determine the origin of 
SCP-2405, although no records that identified the uploader of 
SCP-2405 could be found. The discovery of the origin of SCP-2405 
remains a priority in research concerning SCP-2405, as does the 
source of its anomalous properties. 


Open Experiment Log 


Identification Number: 0 
Comments: The binary representation of an 
instance of SCP-2405 was copied to another 
file, but the instance of SCP-2405 itself was 
not copied by an operating system's copy and 
paste function. Thus, the resulting video file, 
which purports to depict the final match of the 
2017 ACF Nationals tournament, did not 
maintain the anomalous properties of 
SCP-2405. Because it is believed that this file 
is a representation of the Baseline future, and 
the 2017 ACF Nationals tournament has not 
taken place as of the writing of this entry ( / 
/2016), data describing the content of the 
video file from this experiment has been 
expunged due to concerns regarding causality. 


Identification Number: 135383 

Comments: First experiment in which 
divergent historical content was observed. The 
video depicted the final match of the 2017 ACF 
Nationals tournament, played between teams 
from the "Free University of Chicago" and the 


"Workers' Institute of Industrial Technology." 
Divergent historical content was observed in 
questions regarding the time period roughly 
following World War |. Specifically, the United 
States was said to have seen a "Second 
American Revolution" in the year 1921, 
resulting in the formation of a socialist regime 
under a radicalized Eugene V. Debs®. The 
regime, which was implied to have survived to 
2017, fought World War II against an alliance 
of absolutist monarchies led by Russia, Japan, 
and the Ottoman Empire. The war was 
described only in the context of a "Battle of 
Yalta," leaving the overall outcome of the war 
unclear. 


Identification Number: 279198