spell out "MADAGAS". The empty space in the 
niche is enough to fit three additional blocks, 
although no other blocks can be found. Note: 
Later expeditions attempting to substitute the 
blocks had no visible effect on the doorway. 


No further rooms or doorways are discovered, 
and agents are unable to proceed further. 
Agents return from expedition, noting a time 
difference of 14 minutes (Agents stopwatches 
report the entire expedition as lasting 52 
minutes. On-site personnel report expedition 
lasting approximately 38 minutes). 


Log of Point-92-B / /99 


Entryway: Staircase leads to a partly-lit 
hallway. At the end of the hall is a door leading 
into an apparent storage area. From here, 
another door leads into a large, dimly-lit hall, 
with the floor covered in scraps of paper. 
Several human figures are frozen in place 
before a stage, heads raised towards watching 
a large video screen. A looping video clip 
depicts an elderly Asian man smiling and 
giving a speech, occasionally panning out to 
show an audience applauding. Subtitles 
appear in English, reading "The science is 
sound. The Africa Question is behind us. The 
future is ours, we have but to step through the 
gate and claim it." No sound is heard from the 
television screen or the audience. 


On stage is a hairless pale humanoid figure in 
a suit with an abnormally large mouth 
apparently screaming whilst swinging their 
head in a circle. The figure appears to be in 
pain. Neither they nor any individual in the 
crowd is responsive to the agents. A sign next 
to the figure, in apparent English, reads "Ai em 
tha best candideit. Vot 1996." 


One of the papers recovered from the floor is a 
flyer, in English and French, warning of a 
"hypophemoral hemorrhaging" which can only 
be treated with therapy, vitamins, and use of 
one of two different prescription medications, 
both subsidized by the local government. One 
of the medications is Methocyclidine, the same 
recovered from Point-92-A, and claims to be a 
"brain relaxant, muscle stimulant, identity 
supplement". The other is named "Valzin" and 
claims to ease "dermal, subdermal, or 
superdermal outbreaks." 


The flyer additionally states that the drug 
manufacturers cannot guarantee "consistency" 
following "escape" nor any unforeseen effects 
caused by "atmospheric and/or gravitational 
alterations caused by the gateways". 


Another sheet recovered contains handwritten 
messages, apparently from two different 
individuals. One has written "Why risk our 
lives, our people, when Madagascar awaits? 
This is reality, not a science fair!" The second 
individual responds with a series of racial 
slurs. 


There are no other doors or entryways in this 
area and agents return from expedition, noting 
a time difference of 40 minutes (Agents report 
the expedition as lasting 21 minutes. On-site 
personnel report the expedition as 
approximately 61 minutes in length). 


Log of Point-92-E / /99 


Entryway: Atrium leads directly into a cafeteria 
area. The floor is caked in what is later 
determined to be a dried slurry of meat, bone, 
and plant matter. The room is populated by 
human figures in various stages of 


decomposition, apparently in panic attempting 
to reach an exit on the left end of the room. 
Several individuals closer to this door appear 
to be attacking or otherwise attempting to 
prevent the others from reaching the exit. 


At the far end of the room on an elevated 
niche is a human woman standing erect and 
clutching a metal tablet similar to the one 
found on SCP-2692-A. This entity is 
apparently aware of its surroundings, and has 
attempted to respond to Foundation agents. 
Due to the apparent temporal effects of the 
gravitational anomalies, the individual is 
moving at a significantly slower rate than 
Foundation personnel, and was not initially 
perceived as responsive by Foundation 
personnel. 


Agents return from expedition, noting no time 
difference from minutes logged by On-site 
personnel. Expedition lasted 113 minutes. 


Note: As of / /20 , the entity has begun to 
respond to initial Foundation attempts to 
communicate made on 5/22/2000. Insufficient 
time has elapsed for the entity to have 
produced a coherent response. 


Incident 1412-14: Revision to prior Incident 2211-99, in which two 
agents (Agents Carbo and Mendoza) failed to return from an 
expedition and were not located by follow-up expeditions; on 
12/14/2014, Agents Carbo and Mendoza re-appeared 4 meters from 
the entrance to Point-92-B, apparently frozen mid-stride up the 
staircase, with Agent Mendoza looking back over her shoulder at 
Agent Carbo several steps down. Both women were warm to the 
touch and displayed no vital signs. The area was closed down and 
the two agents designated SCP-2692-B and -C. 


Addendum: months following Incident 1412-14, the positioning of 
Agents Carbo and Mendoza appeared to have changed, having 


shifted in pose, eyelids closed, and positions elevated 1.5 
centimeters in height. The similarities in behavior to humanoid 
entities within SCP-2692 indicate a likely connection with the agents 
similarly affected by the gravitational anomalies’ time dilation effects. 


Footnotes 

1. No records of the complex, nor of the events detailed by material 
recovered from the complex, could be found or verified with the 
French government 

2. The most extreme levels of displacement have not exceeded + or 
- 40 minutes time lost/gained 

3. Engravings have survived weathering due to being covered by 
SCP-2692-A's arm prior to retrieval. Severe weather conditions 
damaged the subject's arm, and Foundation personnel removed the 
arm due to risk of the arm falling off and becoming lost. 


« SCP-2691 | SCP-2692 | SCP-2693 » 


SCP-2693: Transcendent Trial-and-error 


Item #: SCP-2693 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: Covert Site-32 has been 
established in close proximity to Pholegandros City. The station also 
functions as a clinic to aid civilians affected by SCP-2693-3. Staff 
are to prioritize treatment of children and the elderly, as the Site's 
capacity renders treatment of all affected civilians infeasible. 


Research staff are to monitor academic institutions considered likely 
to ascertain the existence of SCP-2693. Standard information 
suppression protocols are in effect. 


UPDATE — MARCH 2, 2008: Foundation assets, in full cooperation 
with the Greek Ministries of National Defense, Interior, and Culture, 
are undertaking efforts to diminish awareness of and interaction with 
Pholegandros. These have included the cessation of government 
sponsored advertisement campaigns aiming to increase local 
tourism traffic, the expungement of all information pertaining to the 
island from local media and the gradual disenfranchisement of 
Pholegandros’ citizenry. 


UPDATE — JULY 22, 2017: Access to Pholegandros is restricted 
only to authorized Foundation personnel. False reports describing a 
lethal influenza epidemic affecting Pholegandros have been 
disseminated through regional news outlets. Foundation activity in 
the area is to be presented as a sustained humanitarian relief effort 
spearheaded by Heaven Sent, a Foundation-owned nonprofit. 


Description: SCP-2693 is a system of anomalous phenomena 
centered around Pholegandros, Greece!; as of this report, no 
concrete pattern between its various manifestations has been 
established. These have been assigned sub-designations as 
follows: 


* SCP-2693-1: It has been determined that no information 
regarding Pholegandros existed prior to May 5, 2005. This 
only emerged following the analysis and interpretation of a 
series of reports composed by experimental server EE602, a 
construct employed by the Department of Analytics as part of 
the WATCHDOG program. These files described a global 
information influx, flagged as unnatural due to its universal 
central theme. Similar patterns of data flow established by 
ancillary monitoring units corroborate this alert. Whether 
SCP-2693 also carries mind-altering properties is impossible 
to determine at this time. 


* SCP-2693-2: Foundation-sponsored field surveys and minor 
excavations carried out from 2006 onwards have thus far 
revealed no archaeological sites or artifacts of interest. This is 
inconsistent with findings on neighboring islands, which 
indicate human activity in the Western Aegean region since 
the Late Neolithic era. 


* SCP-2693-3: The permanent denizens of Pholegandros 
demonstrate an extreme predisposition for genetic illness. 
Cursory health surveys revealed that almost 48% of the local 
population suffers from a condition superficially similar to 
Duchenne-Aran muscle atrophy, while 17% exhibits 
symptoms consistent with untreated phenylketonouria. All 
eight cases of pregnancy observed during Foundation 
surveillance ended in stillbirth. The Greek Ministry of Health 
had never acknowledged the situation prior to intervention by 
undercover assets. 


Foundation inquiry following the discovery of SCP-2693-1 has 
yielded copious amounts of information regarding the island's 
standing in global affairs. Collectively, the accumulated documents 
form a narrative incongruous with world history (see Addendum 
2693.1). None of the recovered documents portray or allude to the 
island's health crisis or apparent lack of historical continuity. 


Personnel are advised that the prefectural self-government of 
Cyclades possesses a rudimentary knowledge of the Foundation’s 
existence and activity in the area. Following documentation of 
SCP-2693-3, it was ruled by ECRG committee that, due to the 


anomaly's scale, effective containment could not be achieved 
through unilateral action. A limited information exchange and public 
action scheme was proposed, authorized and executed on February 
17, 2007. Since then, through the closely coordinated actions of 
Foundation forces and civilian authorities, migration to and from the 
island was eliminated entirely, while local morale has improved 
significantly. 


Addendum 2693.1: Major Aberrations in Pholegandritic History 


Approximated date Abridged descriptic Source: 
of incident: 

Unspecified. Urged by an unnamed Various. 

Presumably BCE. oracle, Pholegandrites 


begin construction of a 
massive, mast-like 
structure apparently 
intended to facilitate 
communication with 
celestial dieties. The 
undertaking is 
eventually completed 
but proves somehow 
dysfunctional. Many 
locals succumb to 
illness throughout an 
ensuing period of 
general disorder. 

454 BCE Following reposition of Thucydides, |, 96. 
the Delian League’s 
joint treasury under 
Athenian ruler 
Pericles, 
Pholegandros 
attempts to secede 
from the union. The 
League responds with 
force, sparking a 
minor conflagration. 
The skirmish 


54 CE 


807 CE 


1421 CE 


1964 CE 


culminates with the 

detonation of several 

explosive devices, 

decimating the 

island’s largest 

population center. 

Christian proto- Various. 
missionaries arrive at 

Pholegandros, 

aspiring to convert 

influential islanders. 

The populace wholly 

rejects their teachings, 

adhering to a 

preexisting faith 

focused on the 

worship of hereditary 

aliments. 

A seaborne empire | Encyclopedia 
referred to as the MostBritannica, Fourteenth 
Hallowed Sphere of| Edition, Volume Six. 
Pholegandros 

annexes all of Asia 

Minor, declares war 

on itself. 

After decades of Foreword section of 
intensive developmentevery dictionary 
and experimentation, published under the 
Pholegandritic Merriam-Webster 
linguists perfect the | label. 

voiceless alveolar 

lateral fricative. This 

novel consonant 

rapidly spreads across 

the Mediterranean 

Basin, eventually 

becoming a staple of 

speech woridwide. 

At the request of Coeval Belgian press 
Pholegandritic coverage. 


1997 CE 


2003 CE 


delegates, the Greek 
government 
assembles and 
deploys a highly 
trained military task 
force against the self- 
proclaimed People's 
Republic of the 
Congo. The 
operation's express 
purpose is reclaiming 
the Stanleyville 
Imperial Biology 
Institute from its 
militant communist 
occupants. 
Foundation assets fail 
to intervene. 

Reacting to a series of Various. 
unexplained, 
undefined events 
occurring in the 
vicinity of 
Pholegandros, the 
Russian Federation 
dismantles its 
automatic Perimeter 
network in preparation 
for the Second 
Coming of Jesus 
Christ. Russian 
Ambassador to the 
United Nations Yuli 
Vorontsov publicly 
urges the United 
States Department of 
Defense to do the 
same. 

During a larger civil | Foundation archives. 
conflict within 


Montenegro, 
Montenegrin 
“subversive elements” 
— primarily left- 
leaning dissidents — 
are subjected to exile 
on Pholegandros. 
Almost 500 individuals 
are deported. The 
exiles eventually 
coalesce into a single 
sociopolitical entity, 
dubbed the Balkan 
Liberation Collective. 
This body delivers an 
ultimatum to the 
Montenegrin military 
government, calling 
for its immediate 
dissolution. Moved by 
the boldness of this 
gesture, the People's 
Republic of China 
pledges allegiance to 
the Collective and 
declares Montenegrin 
sovereignty a top 
priority in Chinese 
foreign policy. The 
BLC's demand is 
promptly rejected, 
instigating hostilities 
between the involved 
nations with nuclear 
exchange being 
narrowly avoided via 
UN intervention. 


Addendum 2693.2: Beginning December 2007, a series of clinical 
trials was carried out in an effort to better understand the link 


of a warm-blooded animal (hereafter referred to as "the victim’), it 
grows at a startlingly rapid rate in the direction of the animal, often 
growing three vines at a time in what appears to be a flanking 
maneuver. Upon contact, SCP-307 appears to paralyze the victim, 
and then liquefy and drain all internal organs, musculature, and 
blood. The mechanisms by which it does this are presently 
unknown; they have, however, led to researchers calling it "spider 
ivy". 

SCP-307 was first discovered by Agent "Apocalemur" in Bo 
where he witnessed it rapidly growing up the trunk of a tree and 
consuming a nest of American robins. Further examination has 
revealed the prevalence of the plant throughout North America. It 
has shown itself to be highly resistant to any attempts at poisoning. 
This has included all commercially available herbicides, exposure to 
allelopathic plants, and formaldehyde. Except for the sample 
obtained for study, the plant has been burned wherever it has been 
encountered - however, it is very likely that numerous specimens 
still exist outside of Foundation control. SCP-307 is only kept alive in 
the hopes of engineering a biological agent to use on the wild 
population. 


Document #307-A: Experiment logs 

Experiment 1: / /_ . Tray of mealworms introduced to cell. 
Result: SCP showed no signs of movement. 

Experiment 2: / /  . Chilean rose-hair tarantula introduced. 


Result: SCP showed no signs of movement. Did not respond when 
tarantula climbed onto SCP. 


Experiment 3: / / . Live mouse introduced to cell. 


Result: SCP immediately began to grow in the direction of the 
mouse. One vine extended directly towards it, while two more grew 
around and in front of it, effectively surrounding the mouse. Mouse 
immediately became rigid and stopped moving upon contact with 
SCP-307. Behavior continued for 26 seconds before mouse fell on 
its side, obviously dead. Vines outside the planter were severed, 


between the Pholegandrites' steadily deteriorating health and 
SCP-2693. 35 civilians were sequestered and extensively examined. 
No unexpected observations were made during initial testing. 
However, following the completion of full genome sequencing for 
each subject, several recurring genetic deviations came to light: 


¢ All examined share identical mitochondrial DNA, which 
corresponds to no mitochondrial haplogroup documented by 
mainstream science.