Alpha: You got blood on your face, you big 
disgrace. Somebody better put you back into 
your place. 


Mobile HQ: Alpha, confirm - do you have the 
Pol in custody? Alpha? 


Alpha: Confirmed. Managed to switch off his 
little machine too. 


Mobile HQ: Hey, you can talk again! 
Alpha: Well observed, Base. 
Mobile HQ: Is the Pol in custody? 


Alpha: Yes, nothing a night in a cell won't fix. 
I'm sure he doesn't think his little joke is quite 
so funny now. No sign of SCP-012 though. 


Mobile HQ: Copy that. The rest of the squad 
is approaching your position. 


Delta: Anyone home? 


Charlie: Woo-hoo! In your face, robot Freddie 
Mercury! 


Mobile HQ: Alpha, now that you're able to - 
Charlie: We are the champions, my friends. 
Mobile HQ: Alpha, do you - 


Bravo: And we'll keep on fighting - 


take the bandage 
off, and was met 
with little 
resistance. Testing 
concluded. 


Post Experiment: Subject asked for another bandage 
before termination. 


« SCP-689 | SCP-690 | SCP-691 » 


Echo: To the end! 


Mobile HQ: Alpha, report. What's going on 
there? 


Alpha: Sorry, Base - it seems the squad has a 
few, ah, after effects from the anomaly. We'll 
update you shortly. 


Mobile HQ: Alpha? Alpha! 
Delta: No time for losers! 
Multiple voices: 'Cause we are... 


<transmission ends> 


Counterpoint 


« The Musical Suspects | Hub | To be continued... » 


Interview Transcript: Site 
Director's Office 
Date: 08/07/2016 


Present: 

- Site Director Praveen Arora 

- Edward Barnes (PA) 

- Junior Researcher Emma Stark 


<recording commences 19:34> 


S-D: Emma, for the record I'd like 
to start by apologising for the 
behaviour of site security. They 
were a little too - 


Stark: They tased me, and then 
confined me to quarters for weeks! 
Sorry sir, but that's not why | 
signed on as a_ Foundation 
employee. 


S-D: As | said, I'm sorry about how 
you were treated. And _ your 
quarantine was =merely a 
precaution against a_ potential 
memetic hazard, as I'm sure you'll 
appreciate. 


Stark: So what am | doing here? 


S-D: I'd like to hear what you know 


about the musical anomaly that 
was stolen - SCP-012. 


Interview Transcript: Holding 
Cell 29-B 
Date: 08/07/2016 


Present: 

- Senior Security Officer Judith 
Parker 

- Commander Samuel Richards 
(MTF Eta-11) 

- Pol-463 (Charles Mace) 


<recording commences 20:26> 


Parker: Let's start with your 
name, for the record. 


Mace: No, let's start with the fact 
that | have been imprisoned for 
weeks without due process. | 
have rights - I'm an American 
citizen! 


Parker: An American citizen with 
a history of creating anomalous 
artistic works, including memetic 
hazards. I'm sure you appreciate 
that you're a long way outside 
standard jurisdiction. 


Mace: What is he doing here? 


Richards: I'm here to help them 
work out whether you stole a 
musical anomaly called “On 
Mount Golgotha’”. 


Stark: Do you think | stole it? 


Mace: Do you think | stole it? 
S-D: Did you? 

Richards: Didn't you? 

Stark: You know | couldn’t have. 
Mace: You know | didn't. 


Parker: We know that you've had 
access to Foundation resources 
in the past -—  amnestics, 
anomalous blood plasma — that 
you were planning to use to 
harass Commander Richards’ 
task force. You must have had a 
contact on the inside — they could 
have helped you steal the music. 


S-D: You might not have taken it 
from containment, but the locks 
weren't broken, so whoever took it 
had access. You could have 
helped someone else steal it — 
been their contact on the inside. 


Stark: Then why aren't you 
looking for them? 


Mace: Then why aren't you 
looking for them? 


Parker: Let’s concentrate on you, 
Mace. How is it that one of your 
anomalous compositions ends up 
on a CD inside the Foundation, 
which is played at the exact time 
the score was stolen? 


Stark: Hey, | was at the retirement 
party when that song knocked 


everyone out. And if | stole 
Twelve, why would | have been 
asking about it, even after it was 
stolen? That doesn’t make any 
sense. 


Richards: We don’t have to 
understand your motives, Mace. 
You need to tell us how you 
smuggled that music into the 
Foundation. 


S-D: Honestly, | don’t think you 
could have done it, Emma. But | 
have to consider every possibility. 
Everyone at that party is 
potentially a suspect. 


Richards: How well do you know 
Roger Anderson? 


Stark: Roger? 
Mace: Who? 


Richards: Foundation agent — 
has a history with the stolen 
music. And he'd only be a little 
older than your age. 


Mace: Our age. 
Stark: At his age? 


S-D: That’s only a little older than 
my age. 


Richards: Watch it, Mace. 
Stark: Sorry sir. 


S-D: Roger was at the party. 


Richards: He could have brought 
your CD with him. 


S-D: He has been exposed to 
Twelve in the past. 


Richards: I’ve been suspicious of 
him for some time. 


S-D: He could have sold it to an 
outside contractor for a chance at 
a better life in retirement. 


Richards: He could have shared 
your obsession with the music, 
and given it to you for whatever 
your ultimate purpose is. 


Mace: One problem with your 
theory — | have never met this 
Anderson person. 


Stark: I’ve only met him once, but 
| can’t imagine he would have 
done this. 


S-D: Then what do you think 
happened, Emma? 


Stark: | don’t know. But I'll tell you 
what | know about 012. 


Parker: Why don't we leave this 
topic. Tell us what you know 
about SCP-2402. 


S-D: Of course. Barnes, push 
back the next interview. Go ahead, 
Emma. 


Stark: | guess you've read the file, 
sir. But there’s something about 


twelve that is much bigger than we 
knew. 


Mace: You should know that 
there's a bigger picture to my 
arrest. Why don’t you ask him? 
We have history. 


Stark: It’s not just that we have 
more pages than before, that the 
score is nearly finished. Twelve 
seems to have a history, to have 
connections that we _ never 
anticipated. 


S-D: What do you mean? 


Richards: This man was fixated 
on one of my team, he harassed 
her for years. It was her grave he 
was — was desecrating when we 
captured him. 


Stark: Well, for a start, Profetix — | 
mean, SCP-2992 - said 
something about “scores”. He said 
“when they have all the scores” — 
could there be more than one 
copy? Wait -— in Sandoval’s 
journal, he said something about 
“our Lord” being “tossed to the four 
corners of the earth’. What if we 
only have part of the music? That 
would explain why it sounds 
cacophonous — we don't have the 
full score! 


S-D: And what did 2992 mean by 
“they”? There’s a group out there 
trying to obtain the anomaly? 


Parker: You've never been 
associated with any of the major 
anart groups, have you Mace? 
Didn’t they want you? Is that why 
you became obsessed with Agent 
Smith? Did you think you could 
mean something to her? 


Mace: Shut up. You know nothing 
about it. 


Stark: | don’t know. But Jayden 
knows about music, and he knew 
Twelve. Something else he said — 
a name. Saint Alagadda? 


S-D: Alagadda? Barnes, is she 
cleared to know this? 


Barnes: No sir. 


Stark: Well | think you'll need to 
get me cleared for it, because the 
journal refers to Saint Alagadda as 
well. 


S-D: Saint Alagadda -— are you 
sure it was a name? 


Stark: Yes. And Jayden said it 
was returning. 


Parker: So why were you trying to 
bring Zoe Smith back? 


Mace: Don’t say her name! You 
don’t get to say her name. 


Parker: Did you think she loved 
you? Do you think Zoe ever even 
thought about you? 


Mace: Fuck you! Say her name 
again and I'll — 


Parker: You'll what? 


Stark: Whatever it is, it sounded 
horrific. Jayden said humanity 
would be destroyed — something 
about everything coming together. 


Parker: Did you think you could 
be together if you brought her 
back? You and Zoe? Don’t make 
me laugh. 


Stark: Sir, | think this is serious. 
KM Sandoval died, Roger was 
almost sent mad, and the D Class 
testing... If Twelve is finished, and 
someone plays it, something 
terrible could happen. 


S-D: If someone plays it? But | 
thought it was a visual hazard — 
we haven't even classified it as 
auditory. 


Parker: You're barely even a 
musician. You try to create art 
about failure, and you should 
know. Everything you’ve done you 
failed at. 


Stark: Sir, it's not a visual hazard, 
its a cognito — oh my god. 
Auditory! What are the auditory 
and musical skips on this site? 
Richards: Mace — 


Parker: No, | want him to hear 


this. Mace, you failed to join the 
anartists. You failed to make a 
career out of your art. No fame or 
fortune for you. Hell, even your 
shitty Rush cover band failed. 


Mace: Fuck you! Fuck you both! 


Barnes: Twelve, of course. 92, 
1398, 1860, 2112, 2402. Auditory 
is 2992. 


Stark: What about acoustic? 


Barnes: Um, 126, 339, 932, 1493. 
1860 and 2402 again. 2337. 


Stark: Delegated Level 4 
Clearance. Jesus. 


Parker: You failed to disrupt his 
task force — they barely noticed 
your “events”. The woman you 
claim to love barely even knew 
you existed. 


Stark: And he knew — he knew it 
was a cognitohazard. He knew the 
whole time. 


S-D: Emma, what are you talking 
about? 


Parker: You're a failure as an 
artist. You’re a failure aS a man. 
And now you've failed to save 
Zoe - even with the help of 2402, 
she’s still ashes and dust. 


Mace: Shut up, shut up! 


Stark: And Mike said he wasn't 


SCP-691: A Coward's Way Out 


Item #: SCP-691 


Object Class: Euclid (Reclassification to Safe pending confirmation 
from Foundation Intelligence that [REDACTED)]) 


Special Containment Procedures: One instance of SCP-691 
(SCP-691-0) is to be stored in a safety deposit box within the 
Foundation archives at Site- . Any other instances are to be 
destroyed following confirmation that they are identical to 
SCP-691-0. Access is restricted to Dr. - and her research 
assistants. Following Incident SCP-691-l1, second-hand recordings 
of SCP-691 are prohibited unless permission is granted from a 
member of staff with level 5 clearance. Please see investigation logs 
for details of standard experimental procedure with respect to any 
instance of SCP-691. 


Description: There are currently fifteen identical instances of 
SCP-691 that are, or have been, under Foundation control. 
SCP-691 is a plain blue cassette tape on which is printed "Pure 
Escapism-Limited Edition. 1 of only 250!" One side of the tape 
contains a short foreword by an unknown male, introducing a piece 
of music (see addendum SCP-691-A1 for further details). On the 
opposite side, Aquarela do Brasil, using S.K. Russel's English lyrics, 
can be heard. This particular version is played by a modern 
symphony orchestra with an unidentified lyric tenor providing the 
vocals. It should be noted that the foreword will always be played 
first, regardless of which side of the tape is entered into a player, 
and both pieces will always be played from the beginning. 


The foreword is harmless and has yet to be linked to any of the 
effects of SCP-691, aside from encouraging the listener to turn the 
tape over. Subjects listening to the musical piece have reported 
visual, auditory, and tactile hallucinations along with a sense of 
relaxation and well-being. However, it is unclear whether this is due 


there during the recontainment. 


Parker: So why wouldn't you fail 
when you tried to steal “On Mount 
Golgotha”? 


Stark: Commander Richards stole 
SCP-012! 


Mace: | didn’t steal it! He did! 
S-D: What? 

Parker: What? 

Stark: | know how it sounds. 


Richards: Ridiculous! He’s trying 
to divert attention from his own — 


Mace: He’s the one that gave me 
your SCP-2402. He knew what | 
planned to do with it — it was my 
price for giving him the nightmare 
music. Although you were 
surprised when you remembered 
what I’d based it on, weren’t you? 


Stark: But he wasn’t surprised at 
all by the CD we found at the 
retirement party. In fact, he tried to 
stop Mike looking at it. 


Mace: | didn’t know his plans, but 
he wanted a piece that would put 
everyone in earshot into a 
nightmare-filled sleep for around 
an hour. Long enough to steal 
something, | bet. 


Stark: He has level four clearance 
for anything categorised auditory 


or acoustic — that includes all of 
the skips that broke containment. 
And | bet it extends to anything 
musical - meaning it includes 
Twelve. 


S-D: | don’t — Barnes, can you get 
records of Richards’ movements? 
lf Emma is right, he'll have 
covered his tracks — get RAISA 
onto it, and check his SCP 
database searches as well. 


Barnes: Will do, sir. 

S-D: And find him! 

<door closing> 

<door opening> 
<whispered conversation> 
Richards: What is this? 


Parker: Commander Richards, | 
have Site Director orders to 
remand you on suspicion of the 
theft of SCP-012. 


Mace: Ha! 


Parker: For the record, let’s start 
with whether you admit or deny 
the charge. 


Richards: No, let's start with the 
fact that this accusation is 
completely spurious and comes 
from a known anartist. | am a 
decorated MTF officer! 


Parker: With access to all of the 
relevant anomalous items, 
including memetic hazards. We’ve 
found the real records, 
Commander, so you have to 
appreciate that things don’t look 
good for you. 


Richards: Well what is he still 
doing here? 


Mace: Enjoying poetic justice. 
Parker: Get him out. 
<door closing> 


Parker: Now, what do you have 
to say about the theft of the 
musical anomaly, “On Mount 
Golgotha’”. 


S-D: So talk me through what 
makes you think an MIF 
Commander stole SCP-012. 


Stark: So that’s what I’m still doing 
here. 


S-D: Well you're the one who 
knows about musical anomalies 
and memetic hazards. 


Stark: I'm not sure where to start. 


Richards: | guess it’s time for the 
truth. 


Stark: Let's start with this: “On 
Mount Golgotha” isn’t a_ visual 
hazard. 


Richards: SCP-012 is a 
cognitohazard. It affects anyone 
with knowledge of it — the more 
knowledge, the more dangerous. 


Stark: Roger Anderson realised 
this, and Commander Richards 
knew it as well — he almost gave it 
away when talking about it. God, 
he lied so many times. 


Richards: Mace was telling the 
truth — | gave him access to 2402. 
| never thought we’d end up 
bringing him in. In return, Mace 
gave me music to put the party to 
sleep — to keep people out of the 
way. 


Stark: “Someone spiked the 
punch” — he must have known it 
was the CD that knocked us all 
out. Everyone except - 


Richards: Bloody Hennessey. He 
wasn’t meant to be there — 
completely unaffected by the CD, 
so the squad got called in too 
early. | needed more time. 


S-D: So then he releases more 
auditory anomalies to keep the 
MTF and site security busy while 
he stole 012. 


Stark: Mike told me it took them 
ages, and he only appeared at the 
end. Zhao nearly got killed! 


Richards: | never meant to put 
them in danger. It was only 


harmless distractions | released — 
| didn’t know they would make 
enough noise for 339 to breach. 


Parker: Commander, where is 
SCP-012? 


Richards: It’s safe, but | can’t tell 
you where it is. 


Parker: Commander — 


Richards: |’m serious. | know it’s 
safely hidden, but not where. 
Targeted amnestic therapy. 


Parker: Well there’s at least one 
more question | have to ask. 


Stark: There’s still something | 
can’t work out from that night. 


S-D: What’s that? 
Parker: Why did you steal it? 


Stark: Why did he_ release 
SCP-932? 


Richards: To keep it safe. 


Parker: What do you mean? It 
was in containment. 


Stark: | mean, most of the skips 
he released from containment 
were harmless, but 932 - those 
things have killed people. 


Richards: That anomaly is more 
powerful than you realise. | think 
someone wants to misuse it. To