Result: Subject displayed no change within the first 72 
hours. Samples taken after the 72 hour mark revealed a 
significantly more rigid and durable stem, leaf, and root 
structure. At 100 hours, thorns were observed to grow on 
the stem, leaves, and flowers. Human tissue pierced by 
these thorns resulted in inflammation and pain similar to 
the bite of Paraponera clavata, although no permanent 
damage was incurred. After 120 hours, exposure to the 
poison in the thorns proved fatal for 90% of mammalian 
test subjects, including D-class personnel. At 154 hours, 
subject displayed rapid plant movement, its leaves being 
able to extend into tendril-like forms and attempt to 
attack any non-infected fauna. At this point subject was 
terminated. 


Subject: Male rattus norvegicus 
Procedure: Contained in a terrarium coated with soil 
infected with SCP-1888-2. Regularly provided with food 


and water. 

Result: Subject displayed no change within the first 48 
hours. After the 48 hour mark, subjected displayed 
heightened aggressive tendencies. At 60 hours, subject 
would attack any non-infected fauna without regard for 
its own safety. Subject began displaying physical 
mutations around the 100 hour mark, including sharper 
teeth, a razor-like edge on its tail, larger and sharper 
claws, and increased strength and agility. At this point, 
the terrarium was reinforced with carbon steel alloy to 
maintain containment. At 148 hours, the subject 
breached containment via the use of a type of acid 
expelled from the nostrils (analysis of the substance 
indicated presence of [REDACTED)]). Subject was 
terminated before it could cause any casualties. 


Subject: D-66010 (male, age 49). 

Procedure: Contained in a cell built on-site, with the 
floor coated in soil infected with SCP-1888-2. Regularly 
provided with food and water. 

Result: Effects were similar to the previous test. At the 
58-hour mark, subject lost the ability to communicate 
verbally, along with seemingly all higher reasoning 
abilities. Mutations observed at the 100-hour mark 
include a hardened carapace protecting vulnerable areas 
of the body, finger and toenails developing into sharp 
talons, anda . Despite enhanced security measure, 
subject breached containment at 161 hours, causing 7 
casualties before being terminated by assault rifle. 
Subject managed to survive 956 rounds before dying. 
Subject caused one additional casualty after its death. 


NOTE: Contact with bodily fluids of mutated individuals, 
even after death, is strongly discouraged. 


Incident Report 1888-A 
+ Show Report 


On / /0, tests using ground-penetrating radar revealed 
several subterranean chambers near the main structure 


of SCP-1888. Permission to excavate one of the 
chambers was given by Dr. __, the former head 
researcher at the site. Upon penetration of the chamber 
at1:12AMon / /0, alocal -class event was 
registered, leading to the immediate deaths of all on-site 
personnel. Effects of the event continued to spread, and 
[REDACTED] was observed as far as 10.3km away from 
the pyramid. O5- authorized the use of emergency 
procedure Agni-delta (deployment of megaton - 
salted thermonuclear device) but before the procedure 
could be carried out, the event abruptly ceased. The 
infected zone around SCP-1888 had expanded as a 
result, though, and further extermination procedures 
were employed in order to contain the new extent of the 
area. All humans that had been caught in the affected 
area became hysterical, constantly shouting the word 
Icthyeiagha, until returning to normal approximately 48 
hours afterwards. The only memories subjects retained 
of this period were the word Icthyeiagha and an intense 
fear of SCP-1888. These effects lessened upon 
application of class A amnestics. 


All further requests for excavation on or around Facility 
1888 are hereby denied - Dr. 


- Considering the affected area is slowly shrinking, this thing 
shouldn't cause too much of a problem as long as we don't take any 
more of the treasure outside the pyramid or try digging again. 
Requesting permission to change classification to Safe - Dr. 


- Approved - O5- 


« SCP-1887 | SCP-1888 | SCP-1889 » 


SCP-1889: Calculus Trap 


Item #: SCP-1889 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: A copy of each recovered 
textbook containing an instance of SCP-1889 is to be contained at 
Site 20, inside a single locked steel cabinet within a camera 
monitored vault. The vault is to be considered off limits to anyone 
known to have a high school level education, except in cases of 
emergency or approved testing. 


As instances of SCP-1889 are not a threat when left unsolved, 
containment revolves around the removal and destruction of all 
contaminated material. When a source is found to be contaminated, 
a complete recall is to be issued through appropriate channels and 
all copies are to be destroyed by incineration’. All calculus textbooks 
currently in print are to be monitored for 1889 contamination before 
being released into public circulation. 


Description: SCP-1889 is the collective designation for several 
math problems that have been found in various North American 
calculus textbooks since approximately 196 . The problems appear 
within all books of a specific printing through an unknown 
mechanism at some point between mass production and shipping. 
The original instance was discovered after investigation of reports of 
disappearances and violent murders occurring on the campus of the 
University of | were found to have all happened to individuals with 
access to the second edition of "Elementary Calculus: a 
Since the original containment in 1971, an additional editions have 
been determined to contain instances of SCP-1889. 


SCP-1889 will always take the form of an optimization word problem 
written in the same style as the rest of the book. Copies of all known 
examples are stored onsite and may be viewed? with approval from 
Dr. A. Though the word choice will change from edition to edition, 


the numbers and subsequent calculations involved have remained 
static in every recovered instance. (This is no longer true, see 
Addendum SCP-1889-02) 


SCP-1889's anomalous effect will occur when the problem is read, 
understood, and solved by a human being. When a human 
comprehends the correct solution’, they appear to vanish. The 
disappearance is as close to instantaneous as can be determined 
with modern technology and releases no EM radiation. The area 
previously occupied by the subject is usually replaced with air 
containing trace amounts of [REDACTED] at a median temperature 
of approximately 45° C. All attempts to track the location of subjects 
after their disappearance have failed completely. 


Approximately 22-24 hours after the subject's disappearance, a 
rough cube of body parts‘ will appear within 3 meters of their last 
location. In all recorded examples, said cube has consisted of an 
organized bundle of organs, muscle, and bone wrapped tightly in the 
skin of the subject. The body is usually fully accounted for except in 
the case of the central nervous system, which usually shows signs 
of partial removal. No brain matter has ever been found in a 
recovered cube. Recovered biomass is covered in an unknown 
ethanol-like liquid with heavy antimicrobial properties, rendering it 
biologically sterile. 


Occasionally, a message will be cleanly burnt onto the recovered 
skin. The message is almost always in the subject's primary 
language, and appears to comment on the quality of the subject or 
request something of the recipients. The significance of these 
messages, as well as their origins, are unknown. Attempts to 
communicate through items on the subject's person have not had a 
noticeable effect. 


Example messages: 

"REQUEST ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES" 
"VARIETY TOO LOW" 

"SPECIMEN TOO DOCILE" 

"[DATA EXPUNGED]" 
"ACCEPTABLE; PLEASE REPEAT" 


Addendum SCP-1889-01 


On / /199 , atest was performed utilising a mathematical computer 
capable of receiving textual input in conjunction with a D-Class 
incapable of performing calculus. Subject disappearance occurred 
as usual, corroborating the hypothesis that it is not the calculations 
involved but rather the act of understanding the solution that triggers 
the anomalous effect. 


The body reappeared unexpectedly less than 2 hours later, in a 
severely burnt and dismembered state. A small message had been 
written repeatedly across all recovered pieces, reading "QUALITY 
UNACCEPTABLE". Body was sampled, then incinerated. No further 
testing is planned at this time. 


Addendum SCP-1889-02: An additional problems with similar 
effects have been found and catalogued in the th edition of Calculus 

"Early Transcendentals". Though the instance has been dealt with, 
this appears to be a response to the restrictive containment 
procedures successfully preventing any known cases of 1889 
activation for the last years. The possibility that SCP-1889 is 
somehow adapting means that stronger scrutiny must be applied to 
reports similar to 1889 activity from this point onwards. 


Footnotes 

1. A single copy may be kept for documentation's sake with Dr. 
A's approval. 

2. With numbers removed to prevent contamination 

3. Though it is difficult to determine the exact moment of 
comprehension, the moment of disappearance seems to corroborate 
this theory. See Incident-1889-01. 

4. Confirmed by genetic testing to be the remains of the lost subject. 


« SCP-1888 | SCP-1889 | SCP-1890 » 


SCP-1890: The Family Photo Album 


Item #: SCP-1890 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Item should be kept in an 
airtight container to prevent damage by exposure or pests; 
researchers and subjects handling the object are required to wear 
protective gloves. Research staff are permitted to examine copies of 
the photographs contained in SCP-1890, as the former have proven 
non-anomalous. 


SCP-1890 is currently stored with the other Bonifay family artifacts! 
at Research Sector-09. Cross-testing of these objects is no longer 
permitted. 


Description: SCP-1890 is a small photo album that appears to date 
from the late 19th century, well-preserved but showing signs of age. 
The leather cover is printed with the word “PHOTOGRAPHS”, and 
the flipside has been clumsily hand-engraved with “BONIFAY’”, in 
large capitals. 


The number of pages in the album varies between 13 and 16. The 
pages missing or additional are always blank, however, and the 
album always contains the same 26 photographs. These 
photographs cannot be removed without damaging the album, but 
nevertheless appear in a different order every time the album is 
opened. 


Despite being labelled as a family photo album, the photographs 
depict individuals of various ethnicities — the majority are African 
American, followed by Caucasian and mixed-race individuals 
clothed in the contemporary style of the Seminoles. Subject are 
posed in solitary portraits and with family members and/or personal 
possessions. 


Nineteen notations have been made in ink on several pages. The 
notes are in American English— simple shorthand indicating family 
names, places, and occasions. While the arrangement of photos 
shifts frequently, the position of the notations do not. For this reason, 
numerous photos have shared the same label. For example, photos 
of ten different young men have appeared over the label "Junior". 
Deducing the original placement of photos and labels is impossible. 


None of the names or individuals in the photographs have been 
identified in archival documents or historical records of any kind, 
despite geographical and architectural details suggesting that the 
photos were originally taken between 1890 and 1928, in Belle Glade 
and Pahokee, Florida. 


Direct examination of the contents of SCP-1890 for a prolonged 
period of time will result in symptoms reminiscent of prosopagnosia. 


* Subjects exposed to the photographs for 12 hours (four hour 
intervals over three days) were able to describe the "Bonifay 
family members" very clearly, but struggled to remember the 
names and identities of researchers and fellow inmates— 
even individuals with whom they interacted on a daily basis. 
These symptoms were temporary, abating after 24 hours. 


Subjects exposed to the photographs for more than 60 hours 
(four hour intervals over fifteen days) exhibited characteristics 
similar to acute prosopagnosia, finding it impossible to identify 
even intimately familiar individuals by their facial features. 
Conversely, subjects demonstrated a flawless ability to recall 
the details of all 26 Bonifay photographs, describing specifics 
like the shapes or species of trees, the number of buttons on a 
coat or new teeth in an infant's mouth. One subject— who 
demonstrated notably poor retentive memory prior to testing— 
was able to recreate the intricate beadwork patterns on a 
woman's scarf with pencil and paper, without any visual 
references. 


In subjects exposed for more than 60 total hours to the 
contents of SCP-1890, cognitive abnormalities persisted for 
up to three weeks. 80 hours of exposure resulted in one 
month of abnormal cognitive functions. All subjects tested 


eventually regained their original cognitive capabilities, without 
any marked damage or improvement. 


Acutely affected subjects (defined as individuals exposed to the 
photographs on a daily basis for more than 60 hours) have 
displayed a persisting fascination with "the Bonifays", speculating on 
pastimes, personalities, and relationships. 


Footnotes 
1. SeeSCP-1896andSCP-1928. 


« SCP-1889 | SCP-1890 | SCP-1891 » 


SCP-1891: Constructeur 


Item #: SCP-1891 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1891 is currently 
contained in an isolated location located next to Gallery 27. 
SCP-1891 is to be contained in a 50cm x 50cm wall-mounted case. 
All personnel of Level 2 or above clearance are free to view 
SCP-1891 at their leisure. 


No paintings are to be brought into SCP-1891’s containment area 
without authorisation from one (1) member of Level 3 personnel. 


Description: SCP-1891 is a 40cm x 40cm painting depicting a 
stooped humanoid figure. This humanoid figure is clothed in what 
appears to be a mass of various construction tools, such as 
wrenches and hammers. 


A signature on the bottom right corner of the canvas indicates that 
the painting is titled "Constructeur’, and that it was produced by a 
"Marco Saul". Records show that an individual by this name was 
born in 1455, but their date of death does not exist in any records 
from that time. 


When any painting is brought into the same structure as SCP-1891, 
the subject matter of the painting will be converted into 
representations of large industrial machines. These machines are 
usually large-scale and do not appear to have any visible function. 


This conversion begins with the humanoid figure disappearing from 
SCP-1891 and reappearing within the depicted scene. Throughout 
the conversion process this humanoid figure will be visible 
maintaining and repairing machines created by SCP-1891 
conversion. 


SCP-1891's conversion occurs in five (5) minute 'shifts'. Every five 
(5) minutes the affected painting's image will change to one 
depicting a further state of conversion in the subject matter. 


Represented machines created by SCP-1891 conversions will 
typically expand until they fill the whole painting. After this point, 
minor expansion will be visible in the represented machine, but it will 
largely remain in a constant state. 


Machines represented by affected images have possessed: 


¢ Walkways 

* Pipes 

* Pistons 

* Gears 

* Tanks containing a variety of liquids 
¢ Tubes 

* Chimneys 

* Furnaces