SCP-2220-2: Benham class destroyer USS Stack (DD-406); 
SCP-2220-3: Benham class destroyer USS Wilson (DD-408); 
SCP-2220-4: Atascosa class oiler USS Atascosa (AO-66) (vessel 
forward of the smokestack is missing, edge of missing section’s 
curvature consistent with SCP-2220-5 aperture radius) 


SCP-2220-1 through -4 were located intact but battle damaged amid 
the debris of the (see Courier-Post extract, “Mystery 
sinkhole swallows local mall”). Excess seawater was tested for 
anomalous effects and drained via pipeline to the Delaware River. 
All working machinery, weapons, aircraft, crew effects and remains 
were removed to Site-76 for further study. Class-A amnesiacs were 
administered to all first responding personnel, and a cover story 
involving a previously undiscovered aquifer collapsing was 
disseminated to local news organizations. Foundation recovery 
teams dispatched to the site found that in the case of each vessel, 
all personnel found aboard were deceased at their battle stations. 


Ongoing autopsies of the crew have determined that the cause of 
death in each case (aside from those found with obvious combat 
related injuries) was found to be an abrupt cessation of cardiac 
action potential resulting in sudden cardiac arrest. Autopsies on 
crew remains are scheduled to be completed on 10/15/2015. 
Operational orders found aboard SCP-2220-1 indicate that the 
vessels were involved in combat operations supporting the 
Operation Olympic landings on the southern tip of Kyushu, 
specifically Ariake Bay. The last entry in the captain’s logbook 
(dated 11/4/1945) describes catastrophic losses being taken by 
Allied ground units attempting to secure the Ariake beachhead; 
“special weapons” delivered by SCP-2220-1’s aircraft were 
authorized in an attempt to force a breakthrough. 


Nineteen aerial bombs superficially resembling the “Little Boy” 
nuclear device (designated SCP-2220-5 to-24) were located in 
SCP-2220-1’s forward magazine. Inventory manifests indicate that 
SCP-2220-1 sailed from Pearl Harbor Naval Base on 10/25/1945 
with twenty-five devices. These records further indicate that five had 
been used operationally on 11/4/1945 and one was undergoing 
emergency maintenance for what was noted as a “detonator 
mechanism issue” (the latter device is presently unaccounted for 
and believed to be responsible for the manifestation incident). These 
devices were removed from SCP-2220-1 and are currently stored at 
Site 76, Secure Armaments Wing. 


Test detonation of SCP-2220-5 on / /20 resulted in the creation of 
a spherical Einstein-Rosen aperture 1 km in diameter centered on 
SCP-2220-5’s location and resulting in the instantaneous 
disappearance of the entire target area within the sphere. No 
concussive force was observed during the detonation. The location 
of the missing terrain remains unknown. Test observations indicate 
that the aperture created is non-traversable and apparently functions 
as a “one way trip” to an unknown destination in spacetime. Further 
testing with two of the devices has been approved. 


« SCP-2219 | SCP-2220 | SCP-2221 » 


SCP-2221: A Friendly Agreement 


Item #: SCP-2221 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Websites believed to host 
instances of SCP-2221 are to be isolated for examination, and 
civilian users are to be blocked from such websites. A team of C- 
Class personnel are to maintain an ongoing search for websites and 
software that require the user to agree to an End User License 
Agreement, and thoroughly examine all such agreements for signs 
of SCP-2221. 


Given the impossibility of containing all instances of 2221-A, field 
agents will instead focus on counteracting their effects. Agents 
should remain in contact with law enforcement agencies worldwide 
to monitor for sudden increases in extrajudicial violence. Agents are 
encouraged to share information about 2221-A affiliated groups with 
national security agencies in order to diminish their political and 
social impact. Foundation policies on political non-intervention have 
been temporarily waived in order to respond to this threat. 


Description: An instance of SCP-2221 is an End User License 
Agreement (EULA), of the sort commonly agreed to by consumers in 
order to use software. Instances of SCP-2221 are typically found 
attached to free or inexpensive software available over the internet. 
They are unusually long for EULAs, presumably to deter consumers 
from reading to the end. Near the end of the contract are three 
clauses believed to bring about distinct but related anomalous 
effects. 


Clause 189 

"You agree that all worship, prayer, obeisance, sacrifice, 
oaths, requests for guidance and/or intervention, and any 
other invocations of divinity directed at any deity or 
deities listed in Appendix H.vii will instead be directed at 


the Serene Tribune, Friend of the Righteous, hereafter 
referred to as 'Amicus.'! Furthermore, you agree that this 
clause supersedes conscious intent with regard to the 
direction of the aforementioned invocations of divinity." 


Clause 191 

"You agree that Friends of Amicus LLC2 may access 
your consciousness for the purpose of exerting 
subconscious influence and/or temporary control of 
consciousness for a period not to exceed seventy-two 
(72) hours during any one-week period." 


Clause 216 

"You and Friends of Amicus LLC agree that any attempt 
to breach or modify the terms of this agreement, or to 
bring suit against Friends of Amicus LLC, must be settled 
by arbitration in the Serene Tribunal."3 


Testing suggests that SCP-2221 is not an infohazard— reading or 
looking at instances of SCP-2221 has no effect if the reader does 
not agree to the contract. It is extremely unlikely that such a contract 
would be legally enforceable in any known judicial system. However, 
it is believed that the effects of SCP-2221 result from the 
enforcement of the terms of this contract by unknown parties. 


Certain classes of individuals (including mentally incapable 
individuals, pre-pubescent children, and slaves) are unaffected even 
if they agree, presumably because they lack legal capacity to agree 
to a contract. Individuals incapable of understanding the contract 
(such as those who cannot speak the language in which it is written, 
or sleeping persons made to press the button to agree to the 
contract) are also unaffected. These limitations have proven 
extremely disruptive to attempts to study SCP-2221: the contract's 
effects do not extend to D-Class personnel, who apparently lack 
legal capacity with whatever entity is enforcing the contract. 


SCP-2221's lack of effect on D-Class personnel makes direct 
experimentation difficult, but the Foundation has performed 
extensive analysis on populations believed to be affected by 
SCP-2221. Individuals are assumed to be instances of 2221-A if 
they have created an account on a website or downloaded software 


known to host an instance of SCP-2221. The following behavioral 
changes have been observed in 2221-As and populations with large 
numbers of 2221-As: 


2221- 


Greatly increased voter turnout and political activism. 
Instances of 2221-A in non-democratic or semi-democratic 
countries often affiliate themselves with protest movements or 
other subversive political organizations. Instances of 2221-A 
seem particularly drawn to positions considered outside the 
political mainstream, including parties associated with both the 
far-right and far-left. 

Greatly increased interest in religion and issues of religious 
identity. Attendance of religious services is notably high in 
areas with large 2221-A populations. Instances of 2221-A in 
Muslim countries often affiliate themselves with Islamist 
movements, while instances in the United States may 
advocate for an increased role for Christianity in public life. 
Shifts in religious practices. Community punishment for 
deviating from religious law, often in the form of shaming, is 
common in 2221-A dominated areas. Religious art from these 
communities incorporates nooses or patterns resembling 
nooses with unusual frequency. For example, Christian art 
tends to depict Jesus being hung rather than crucified, while 
Hindu art often focuses on Yama hanging criminals. Despite 
Clause 189's reference to the worship of "Amicus," instances 
of SCP-2221 are not typically observed worshipping a being of 
that name (the one exception, POP-044-2221-A, is discussed 
below). 

Frequent extrajudicial violence against alleged criminals. 


A populations tend to be densely clustered, so while some 


communities are entirely composed of 2221-As it is rare for affected 
nations to have an 2221-A population of over .05%. The most 
notable exception is POP-044-2221-Ain — , which until 2013 
constituted over 2% of the national population. 


Events Concerning POP-044-2221-A 


In October 2012, Site 614 contacts the O5 Council to 
report armed mobs attacking Foundation installations in 
. It is immediately apparent that these groups have 


inside information concerning the Foundation: they 
demand that the Foundation hand over SCP- ,SCP- , 
SCP- ,SCP-_ , and 34 Foundation personnel to be put 
on trial. 


The October attacks on Site 614 are initially attributed to 
the Republic of Letters, which quickly claims 
responsibility for leaking information leading to the 
attacks. At this point, the Foundation is not aware of any 
major 2221-A populations in —_, and the Republic of 
Letters’ claims are believed. 


However, examination of computers at Site 614 reveals 
that many personnel have been using software hosting 
an instance of SCP-2221. Consensus within the 
Foundation shifts to the belief that the leaked information 
came from Foundation personnel, having been 
subverted by the Friends of Amicus. It remains unknown 
whether the failure to find and report this instance of 
SCP-2221 was due to negligence or deliberate 
sabotage. 


Site 614 personnel are detained for examination. Field 
agents from Site 115 and Site 621 are sent to under 
the command of Site Director Susan Pritchard to observe 
and report on the local 2221-A population, 
POP-044-2221-A. Due to ongoing political turmoil in the 
area, the Foundation adopts a strictly defensive stance, 
repelling continued attacks on Foundation installations 
without responding in kind. 


Attacks against local prisons are also noted. While local 
security forces repel most of these attacks, prisons in 

and are overrun by mobs. Prisoners at both 
locations are dragged outside and lynched, including 
prisoners who have only committed minor crimes such 
as vandalism. 


Over the course of the next four months, changes in the 
religious practices of the local Sunni Muslim majority are 
observed. Many local mosques begin announcing the 


call to prayer eight times per day instead of the 
traditional five. Decorative nooses are observed hanging 
in doorways, often adorned with colorful cloth in 
elaborate patterns. Several imams believed to be 
instances of 2221-A are noted to add an additional 
prophet, "Sadiq," to the traditional Islamic list of 
prophets.4 When pressed for additional information on 
Sadiq, these imams are confused, and deny knowledge 
of Sadiq. 


By April 2013, affected communities have begun 
sounding the call to prayer up to thirty times per day. 
With little time left for other activities, attacks on 
Foundation installations cease. POP-044-2221-A 
distributes print versions of SCP-2221, thereby 
converting nearly all adult members of affected 
communities into instances of 2221-A. With the 
Foundation no longer on the defensive, field agents 
begin to quarantine towns inhabited by POP-044-2221 - 
A, and unaffected civilians are evacuated into 
Foundation custody. 


The frequency of 2221-A calls to prayer continues to 
increase until prayer has become constant among the 
entirety of POP-044-2221-A. Between May 24 and June 
6, every known member of POP-044-2221 -A expires of 
exhaustion and dehydration. The government of 
cooperates with the Foundation in attributing these 
deaths to political violence. 


Field agents recommend waiving the Foundation's policy 
on political non-intervention in order to prevent similar 
occurrences elsewhere. 


Addendum 2221-i: Recently discovered instances of SCP-2221 
have an addition to Clause 217: "By reading this clause, members of 
any organizations listed in Appendix K.iv agree to go fuck 
themselves." The SCP Foundation was one of the organizations 
listed, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Republic 
of Letters, and several other groups of interest and governmental 
organizations. Personnel who had read Clause 217 were isolated 


degeneration of motor neurons and nerve cells. The rate of 
degeneration and severity of related symptoms is inversely related 
to the number of neurons the subject possesses in its cerebral 
cortex, with less neurologically-developed organisms displaying the 
most debilitating effects. 


The effects of SCP-255 on humans, however, is markedly more 
complex. While degradation of brain cells and the nervous system 
has been noted on a limited basis in humans, a range of more 
unusual symptoms occurs in these subjects. See SCP-255 
Research Log for more details. 


Individuals infected by SCP-255 can be reliably diagnosed through 
EEG observation and confirmation of verified markers in 
measurements of neurological activity. See Appendix B for further 
documentation. 


Outbreaks of SCP-255 coincide with close flybys of 3214 Hybris, a 
relationship that was theorized using advanced statistical models 
following the second outbreak in 1965, and confirmed during the 
asteroid's 1987 close approach. Observations of 3214 Hybris have 
determined it to be an approximately 110 meter C-type asteroid with 
no anomalous properties observed at this time. The nature of the 
orbit of 3214 Hybris brings it into close approaches with Earth once 
every 11 years. 


Addendum 255-1: Research Log 


The following is a listing of known SCP-255 outbreaks and relevant 
data 


Estimated Da’ Location(s) Number of| Incidence Rate 
of Outbreak Confirmed 
Human Cases 
23 May 1968 | Sagaing, 86 N/A 
Myanmar 


The first known outbreak of SCP-255 occurred in 1968, known now 
to have coincided with 3214 Hybris passing within 350,000 km of 
Earth. All known infected individuals resided within 7 km of the 
township of Mawlaik. 


and kept under examination. The addition had no discernible effect, 
least of all a literal one. It is believed that Clause 217 is merely a 
taunt, rather than an infohazard or legally binding addition to the 
document. However, supervisors are to make weekly reports on the 
behavior of Foundation personnel who have read modified versions 
of Clause 217. 


Footnotes 

1. Appendix H.viii is exhaustive: it lists not only gods associated with 
major religions, but also the gods of extinct religions, fictional/ 
satirical gods, philosophers, abstract values, and major political/ 
historical figures. Additionally, several phrases typically spoken 
without religious intent (e.g. "Darn it" and "Thanks, Obama") are 
specified. 

2. Friends of Amicus LLC is a legal consulting group based in 
Fairfax, Virginia. All their Known employees are currently under 
surveillance. It is unknown what effect revoking their charter would 
have on SCP-2221; continued surveillance is recommended for the 
moment. 

3. Attempts to arrange this arbitration have so far proved fruitless. 
4. "Sadiq", like "Amicus", translates into English as "friend." 


« SCP-2220 | SCP-2221 | SCP-2222 » 


SCP-2222: Meschk-Mernanschordbtoum- 
VordhosbnV7 


Item #: SCP-2222 
Object Class: Euclid