Item #: SCP-1496 
Object Class: Neutralized (formerly Safe) 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1496 is to be kept in a 
small-item locker in Site-102. At this time, SCP-1496 is believed 
neutralized. Nonetheless, it is to remain in Safe-class containment 
until neutralization can be definitively confirmed. 


Description: SCP-1496 is a place setting, comprising a plate and 
several items of silverware. It no longer displays any ongoing 
anomalous properties, although records it has affected in the past 
remain in their affected state. 


SCP-1496 was recovered in a raid on the offices of an urban literary 
collective in Quebec, Canada. 


Prior containment procedures. Level 2 and up only. 
Item #: SCP-1496 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1496 is to be 
kept in its own small-item locker at Site-102 unless tests 
are in progress. Given the fascinating nature of the item, 
it is envisaged that testing will be frequent. As such, for 
testing purposes the item is to be placed in a standard 
humanoid containment cell with the participant and, 
optionally, something to garnish SCP-1496-1. The 
experiences engendered by SCP-1496 need no cheap 
gimmicks; therefore, please note that no living being is to 
be placed on SCP-1496-1 without Senior Researcher 
approval. 


Description: SCP-1496, which consists of a dinner plate 
(SCP-1496-1) and accompanying silverware, is the 
single most appealing item the Foundation has yet 
contained. SCP-1496-1 is of bone-white china, so fine it 
is almost transparent; elegant accents set off the 
flawlessness of its ceramic work to perfection. The eating 
utensils that accompany it, wrought of the finest silver, 
are similarly exquisite. 


SCP-1496 displays several refreshingly interesting 
anomalous properties. Firstly, it compels anyone seated 
before it to review, whether by writing, art or dictation, 
anything placed on SCP-1496-1. These reviews will 
match the natural tone and voice of the participant. If the 
participant is later asked about their review, they will be 
unable to remember anything except having very strong 
opinions, thereby preserving an element of mystery. 


Further, it is impossible to make any sort of record of 
SCP-1496 itself other than as a review-like account. 
Fundamental details, such as that SCP-1496-1 is 
generally circular, will generally remain constant; finer 
details, such as the fish knife's wonderfully precise edge, 
will not. 


Reviews and accounts produced via the magic of 
SCP-1496 invariably exist in a state of superpositional 
flux, having a 50% chance of appearing either highly 
enthusiastic or highly dismissive. Unfortunately, no more 
types of review have been recorded. 


SCP-1496 was rescued from the offices of a radical 
urban-culture fanzine ("Som-Nu Déja GéNial - Le Super 
Zine") in Montreal, Canada, after a Foundation raid 
prompted by reports that the fanzine's notoriously 
polemical reviews had begun to spontaneously change 
upon re-reading. 


Selected Results of Experiment Series SCP-1496-E5: 


Experiment: 1496-E5q 


Participant: Dr. Katzen 

Object used: One meatloaf sandwich from Site-102 
cafeteria 

Medium of response: Dictated to observing personnel 
Excerpts from result: 


"The aroma is, in a word, irresistible; the 
perfectly-cooked beef and pork mixture 
caresses one's olfactory and gustatory senses 
in perfect harmony with the envelopment of its 
freshly-heated bun..." 


"| can conceive of nothing on this Earth | would 
rather consume for my lunch, or indeed, any 
other meal. Perfection." 


Experiment: 1496-E5a 

Participant: Dr. Trebuchet 

Object used: Nothing (SCP-1496-1 empty) 

Medium of response: Dr. Trebuchet made entries in her 
laboratory notebook, per her usual experimental practice. 
Result (translated from French): 


Observed plate, per procedure. Plate 
appeared empty. Clever choice - minimalist. 
Upon closer inspection, noted area of gaseous 
mixture immediately above plate: roughly 78% 
N / 21% O. Inspired - if must imitate, imitate 
one of the greats. Inhaled mixture; amazing 
effects: transmission of oxygen across the 
membranes of lungs and into bloodstream. 
Extended my lifespan (anomalous effect?). 
Summary: would def. breathe again. 


Experiment 1496-E5s 

Participant: D-6464, who has a developmental age of 
circa 6yo and has expressed a mild dislike of vegetables. 
Object used: Raw carrot 

Medium of response: Drawing/text, using provided 
photocopier paper and marker pens 

Result: 


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SCP-1497: Visual Perfection 


Item #: SCP-1497 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1497 is currently 
contained inside a secure locker within Site- . Eye contact with 
SCP-1497 is to be avoided. Instances of SCP-1497-1 created 
outside of testing are to be given Class A amnestics. 


Description: SCP-1497 is a miniature human eye suspended in the 
center of a 6cm tall glass jar, though it is unknown how this 
suspension is achieved as SCP-1497 cannot be opened. SCP-1497 
lacks an optical nerve and retinal blood vessels, as the sclera 
completely covers the entire surface save for the cornea. The eye is 
capable of freely rotating on all three axes, and regularly does so in 
the direction of new visual stimuli. The iris of SCP-1497 changes 
color upon maintaining eye contact with a human for three seconds, 
matching the color of the viewer's eyes. This activates the 
cognitohazardous property of SCP-1497. 


Upon activation, the human that SCP-1497 mimics (henceforth 
SCP-1497-1) begins experiencing a shift in visual perception. 
Instances of SCP-1497-1 have reported that things they previously 
found visually displeasing became much more visibly appealing. 
This has been confirmed to not be the result of hallucinations, but 
rather a cognitive shift within SCP-1497-1. The most common 
effects are an increase in perceived attractiveness of other humans, 
resulting in an increase in sexual attraction, and increased 
appreciation of all visually artistic exploits. 


The effect of SCP-1497 also extends to concepts and situations, as 
SCP-1497-1 is unable to visually recognize a threat. When 
presented with blades and firearms, SCP-1497-1 will only be able to 
appreciate the aesthetic design of the weapon even when presented 
in a threatening manner. Testing concluded SCP-1497-1 will not 


react to threats of violence to itself or others, and are equally 
unaffected by witnessing violence against others. However, 
SCP-1497-1 are able to recognize when they are being harmed, 
although they are unable to visually recognize the cause of the 
damage. This sends injured SCP-1497-1 into a panic state that often 
causes them to be unable to respond to the act of violence, though 
they are capable of fleeing and seeking medical attention. Due to 
similar anomalous properties between SCP-1497 and SCP-1528, 
investigation into possible connections is currently under 
consideration. 


SCP-1497 was located in an art gallery in Portland, Oregon on 
03/02/2013 by an agent implanted in the local police force after 
receiving reports of someone calling for help within the locked 
building. SCP-1497 was located on a pedestal with a note and photo 
(See Addendum 1497-A) under it, the plaque on the pedestal 
reading "Better Off Blind Than Beguiled by Beauty." Trapped within 
the art gallery were ten blind humans, all of whom claimed they had 
been kidnapped within the past week. Class C amnestics were 
distributed among them after questioning and they were returned to 
their places of residence. 


Addendum 1497-A: The following note and photograph were found 
pinned under SCP-1497. 


This world is ugly 
Look at it with some fresh eyes 
And see perfection 


Addendum 1497-B: 
+ 1497/3 Required 


Intake Statement, (Person of Interest 
Designation 2-S TG473) 


On 11/04/2013, Foundation security personnel 
raided a warehouse belonging to Kappel 
Securities GmbH, a multinational financial firm 
specializing in assets related to private art 
collections. As expected by Site- intelligence 


analysts, items suspected to be related to 
SCP-1497 per Addendum 1497-A were 
present and seized by personnel. Three items 
were given provisional classifications 
[TAO-8211G, TAO-2167R, and TAO-5999]] 
and routed to Site- for classification. 


These items, referred to in recovered 
documentation as the "Perfection Series," 
were intended for display at a private showing, 
scheduled to take place at a residence in Saint 
Petersburg, Russia. Subsequent investigation 
identified several Persons of Interest believed 
to be responsible at least in part for SCP-1497, 
leading to the capture of POI 2-S TG473, a 
plastination specialist in Eindhoven, 
Netherlands. 


After initial processing and detainment, 
researchers recorded the following intake 
statement from POI 2-S TG473. Research 
staff confirmed veracity of details of the 
following statement, and subject was treated 
with amnestics and released after 15 days. 


Agent Navarro: Please state your name for the record. 


POI 2-S TG473: , resident of Geldrop-Mierlo, 
Netherlands. You'll find my paperwork in order, surely. 
No one's told me what's going on, what is this place? 


Agent Navarro: You're at the Aarhus bureau outpost of 
Interpol. We just have a few questions related to an 
Ongoing investigation. We have no plans to turn you over 
for criminal charges, Mr. . We would just like to 
understand a little more about this item [Agent Navarro 
hands a photograph of SCP-1497 to POI 2-S TG473]. 


POI 2-S TG473: Oh. That. 


Agent Navarro: So you're familiar with this? 


POI 2-S TG473: Yes. May I|...may | smoke in this room? 


Agent Navarro: Certainly. [Agent Navarro signals to 
Site- attendant to retrieve POI 2-S TG473's personal 
effects, and returns package of Gauloises brand 
cigarettes and a disposable lighter to subject] 


POI 2-S TG473: [Subject takes cigarette from package 
and commences smoking] | thank you. As you're 
doubtless aware by now, | am by profession a purveyor 
of anatomical models and medical teaching aids. 
Laboratory skeletons, preserved organs from patients 
who have died of rare diseases, things of that nature. 
Mostly mail order service to universities in the EU and 
Russia. 


Agent Navarro: Any work on the side? 


POI 2-S TG473: [Subject exhales deeply] ...you certainly 
do your research at Interpol. Yes, | have fulfilled requests 
on occasion for...how do you Say, private, materials. You 
are familiar, of course, with those distasteful traveling 
exhibits with the "educational" displays of cadavers and 
such. Cheap leering. Feh. Of course, certain individuals, 
they want private exhibits of such things. It's some sort of 
fad among the newly-wealthy, apparently. Sometimes 
they make arrangements in advance for, what do they 
call it, a "memorial". God, what a tacky term. Sometimes 
I'm brought a "friend" or a "loved one". And | preserve 
them, mounted like some cheap hunting trophy, skinless 
while riding a bicycle, half of them hanging from a ceiling, 
other silly ghoulishness. 


Agent Navarro: Why do they come to you? 


POI 2-S TG473: [subject shrugs] Recommendations, | 
suppose. You preserve one Russian tycoon's circulatory 
system wearing a top hat, the rest come calling. 
Business is business. 


Agent Navarro: So, the object in question. 


POI 2-S TG473: Yes, that. | receive a phone call one 
night, telling me to expect some business. | received the 
call on my private cell phone, so it is of course an 
assignment of the nature we have just discussed. My 
contact tells me to expect an "unusual" client. If one were 
to ask me, anyone seeking these services is unusual, but 
| digress. | am told to be at my laboratory at midnight that 
evening to discuss the terms. This clientele is prone to 
unnecessary dramatics, so of course | think nothing of it. 


| arrive at the appointed hour, and | am met by a group of 
three men with a small suitcase. But these men, they 
aren't the types of people that | am used to seeing for 
this sort of arrangement. These were...not transients, but 
all three of them wore tattered clothes, kept long, matted, 
gray beards, and their faces, what little | could see of 
them that were not obscured by beards, seemed to 
covered in...soot, of some kind. Before | had time to be 
angry at being pulled away from my bed at an ungodly 
hour for a childish prank, one of the men hands me the 
suitcase. 


Agent Navarro: Did any of the three men identify 
themselves? 


POI 2-S TG473: No, and | did not ask. Force of habit. 
Agent Navarro: Please continue. 


POI 2-S TG473: The man who handed me the suitcase, 
he bade me open it. | am of course quite suspicious, and 
| begin to demand an explanation. These men, however, 
they were in a great deal of haste. The man on my left 
hands me a plastic shopping bag, and | can see there's 
more than a few bundles of currency in it. He tells me 
that there is one hundred thousand euros in it, which by 
its appearances was strangely plausible. At the same 
time, the man on my right trains a pistol on me. | was 
then more inclined to open their suitcase. [Subject 
pauses] 


Agent Navarro: Do you need some time to collect your 
thoughts? 


POI 2-S TG473: ...forgive me, |...it gets rather strange 
from there. 


Agent Navarro: | hear that a lot. Please continue, we're 
just interested in what you have to say. 


POI 2-S TG473: | open the briefcase, and inside is a 
miniature...man, of sorts. Perfectly proportioned, looks to 
be about thirty or so, long hair, beard and such. But he 
can't be more than a half a meter or so. | have seen 
dwarfism, but never anything like that. It was strange 
enough that | had forgotten about the gentleman pointing 
the pistol at me. The man directly in front of me was 
direct. They wanted...parts, of this, thing, preserved. And 
they wanted it tonight. They were willing to compensate 
me quite handsomely, but my participation was not up for 
discussion. 


Agent Navarro: What parts were they talking about? 


POI 2-S TG473: They wanted the left eye, the heart, a 
rear molar, and its brain. Simplicity itself, really, when 
you don't consider that a gun is being pointed at you and 
the specimen is something from a sideshow. 


| immediately set to work. | did not at the time stop to 
wonder why three vagrants would be in possession of 
thousands of euros and a tiny man, and honestly | have 
not stopped to think about it too thoroughly since. There 
was a problem, though. 


Agent Navarro: Problem? 


POI 2-S TG473: Yes, the foul abomination wasn't dead 
yet. | made the initial incisions to remove the eye, and it 
started shivering. Gods, it gives me goosebumps just 
thinking about that. The man who had done all the 
talking assured me that the thing wasn't alive in any real 


sense, and the man with the pistol encouraged me to 
continue. Continue | did, then, first removing the eye, 
then the heart. Despite assurances to the contrary, these 
things should not be beating when | receive them for 
preservation. All the while, this...thing, didn't bleed at all, 
but it trembled throughout. | feel sick all of a sudden. 


Agent Navarro: Would you like to continue later?