SCP-2457 was recovered from the Sperm Bank in Shizuoka, 
Japan on / /2013. After the spontaneous human combustion of 
Mrs. , Foundation operatives were able to identify the source 
as SCP-2457 and acquire it after fabricating reports that it is an HIV- 
positive sperm sample. The death of Mrs. was Officially 
reported to be the work of an anonymous murderer. 


Addendum 2457-1: Interview Log 2457/Pol-2457-01-1 
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Interviewee: Pol-2457-01 
Interviewer: Agent Kensuke Shirokawa 


Foreword: Interviewee is listed as the donor 
for SCP-2457. The following interview is part 
of preliminary investigations to comprehend 
SCP-2457, and is originally conducted in 
Japanese. 


<Begin Log> 


Agent Shirokawa: Sensei, please begin by 
stating your name and profession. 


Pol-2457-01: . A kannushi' by 
profession. Head of the Shrine in 
Hamamatsu, inherited from my father. 


Agent Shirokawa: We are here to discuss 
your visit to the Sperm Bankin  .Do you 
acknowledge that you were there on ? 


Pol-2457-01: Yes, | was there. 


Agent Shirokawa: And you were there to 
donate your sperm. Is that so? 


Pol-2457-01: Ye-yes, | did that. 


Agent Shirokawa: Recently, several women 
had died under mysterious circumstances. All 
of those persons share one common factor. 
They used sperm donated from you. 


Pol-2457-01: | haven't been to Shizuoka City 
since my initial trip. | did nothing, officer. 


Agent Shirokawa: Understood, sensei. 
Though this may be personal, it is certainly 
unusual for you to be donating your sperm. 
Most kannushi tend to have their son succeed 
the shrine. 


Pol-2457-01: Uh, that position is not 
necessarily hereditary after the war. 


Agent Shirokawa: Your wife? said you two 
were trying to have a son, a male successor 
specifically. Sperm donation does not allow 
you to legally recognise any child birthed using 
your sperm. So why did you choose to do it? 


Pol-2457-01: ... You will not believe it if | tell 
you. 


Agent Shirokawa: Try me, sensei. I've seen 


my fair share of the unbelievable under my 
current employer. 


Pol-2457-01: Officer, do you believe in the 
kami? 


Agent Shirokawa: Perhaps not in the same 
way as you would, but that is not relevant. 
Please continue. 


Pol-2457-01: Okay... As a kannushi, my role 
is to be a bridge for the kami to enact their will 
in the mortal world. Sometimes, it can be very 
direct and all encompassing. 


Agent Shirokawa: Possession? 


Pol-2457-01: Yes. Ah, even among my 
colleagues, few can fathom the presence of 
the kami. It's sad, really. 


Agent Shirokawa: Indeed. So, when did it 
begin to interact with you? 


Pol-2457-01: Uh... it's a bit embarrassing, but 
| was confronted by it since | was a child. 
Thought | was going crazy, but it's clear to me 
now. 


Agent Shirokawa: Ah, so were you 
possessed during your childhood? 


Pol-2457-01: No. 


Agent Shirokawa: So possession was a 
recent event. Am | correct? 


Pol-2457-01: Yes. It happened sometime 
before my trip to the sperm bank in Shizuoka, 
up till the end of my trip to that sperm bank. 


Agent Shirokawa: During your possession, 


who was in control? You or the kami? 


Pol-2457-01: Uh... t-the kami. It is possession, 
after all. 


Agent Shirokawa: Only clarifying, sensei. So 
the kami assumes complete control over the 
vessel, or you in this case? 


Pol-2457-01: Yes. 


Agent Shirokawa: Would that include 
memory? As in the kami's memory overriding 
yours? 


Pol-2457-01: Uh, sure. 


Agent Shirokawa: Ah, there is this 
discrepancy regarding how this particular kami 
would know how to enter the sperm bank and 
successfully file in the needed paperwork. 
After all, you claimed that it overrode your 
memory then. 


Pol-2457-01: The kami have their ways of 
surveying our world. It is erroneous to think of 
them as ignorant to our world. 


Agent Shirokawa: But do you know why the 
kami had possessed you? 


Pol-2457-01: He called for me, and requested 
for my assistance. He wished to be manifested 
by childbirth, a wish he bore to me since my 
youth. As a servant of the kami, | oblige and 
wait for a suitable opportunity. 


Agent Shirokawa: Sensei, if | may enquire, 
why didn't it target your wife? Getting her 
pregnant would be easier than dropping by a 
sperm bank and leaving your sperms 
indefinitely. 


Pol-2457-01: Aa... | was not in total control 
back then... | would know nothing... 


Agent Shirokawa: Can we speak with that 
kami? For it to provide its stance. 


Pol-2457-01: You can't. Please don't. 
Agent Shirokawa: Why not? Is it possible? 


[Pol-2457-01 remains unresponsive for 
approximately four minutes; vocalisations 
limited to filler words such as "éto" and "ano". 
Agent Shirokawa continues to probe 
Pol-2457-01 due to his lack of response.] 


Pol-2457-01: Uh... it's awkward to admit this, 
but | made the choices. | chose not to involve 
my wife. | chose to resort to a sperm bank, to 
at least fulfil my covenant with him. 


Agent Shirokawa: To be born? 


Pol-2457-01: Indeed, he took residence in my 
seed and left me to fulfil my part. My seed 
became a yorishiro.3 


Agent Shirokawa: | know it is a bit personal, 
but given the sperm sample's potency, you 
can have your son easily. What stopped you? 


Pol-2457-01: The women who died. Did they 
die by fire? 


Agent Shirokawa: How did you know that? 


Pol-2457-01: He is certainly Kago-no-Tsuchi,4 
whom my shrine is dedicated to. | am certain 
he will burn my wife, as he did with Izanami. 
Cannot allow that happen to my wife. 


Agent Shirokawa: But if you know what's 


going to happen, why agree to the whole deal? 


Pol-2457-01: It is disrespectful for a kannushi 
to reject the kami. It is not right of me to expel 
it on my own and dispose of it. | thought that a 
sperm bank would still fulfil the covenant... ina 
way. 


Agent Shirokawa: By letting another woman 
pay the price? 


Pol-2457-01: | sincerely pity the women 
involved, but none of the parties involved bore 
any malice in their actions. The kami are not 
like us. They are Nature itself, and their 
natures cannot change at all. Like how fire is 
always fated to deplete the source in which it 
sprung from. 


Agent Shirokawa: And after donating your 
sperm, did anything odd happen to you? 


Pol-2457-01: He no longer spoke to me. | 
guess he felt that | did my part. 


Agent Shirokawa: Understood, sensei. But 
we would like to conduct a medical 
examination of you, for safety's sake? 


Pol-2457-01: [sighs] | will offer whatever | can. 
<End Log> 


Closing Statement: Pol-2457-01 is scheduled 
for medical examination at front company 
Shimamura Contagion Pharmaceutics on / 

/2013. Amnestic treatment will be held 
pending results of analysis. 


Addendum 2457-2: Below is a transcript of Pol-2457-01's medical 
examination results. 


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DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY 
ATTENDING PERSONNEL: Dr. Jirou Ueda 
DATE: 21/10/2013 

SUBJECT: Pol-2457-01 (Mr. ) 
SPECIES: Human (Homo sapiens sapiens) 
SEX: Male 

ETHNICITY: Japanese 

AGE: 48 

WEIGHT: 69.4 kg 

HEIGHT: 1.64 m 


NOTABLE DETAILS: One mass of tissues 
identified in subject's abdomen. Bears no analogue 
to known human organs. Appears to vestigial w.r.t 
subject's body. 


With consent from Ethics Committee Liaison and 
the subject, operation to extract said mass is 
authorised. Mass of tissues successfully extracted 
without complication. Further analysis identifies 
developmentally mature solid tissues, notably 
those of the brain, skin and hair follicles. DNA 
analysis identifies 98% genetic match with samples 
from SCP-2457-A. 


Footnotes 

1. The person responsible for the maintenance of a Shinto shrine 
(jinja) as well as for leading worship of a givenkami. 

2. Prior to this interview, an interview with Pol-2457-01's wife (Mrs. 


) was conducted. For more information, see Interview Log 
2457/Pol-2457-02-1. 
3. Denotes an object capable of attracting spirits calledkami, thus 
giving them a physical space to occupy during religious ceremonies. 
4. Shinto deity of fire. In theKojiki, Kago-no-Tsuchi caused the death 
of his mother Izanami. After that, his father Izanagi killed Kago-no- 
Tsuchi by chopping him into eight pieces. 


« SCP-2456 | SCP-2457 | SCP-2458 » 


272-X 

Test subject: 
Surface: 
Lighting: 
Purpose: 
Procedure: 
Results: 
Conclusions: 
Addendum: 


272-a 

Test subject: 1 D-Class personnel (D-272-01) 
Surface: Rock face at discovery site 

Lighting: Midday sun (directly overhead) 

Purpose: Establish nature of SCP. 

Procedure: Subject was handed the nail and told to 
hammer it into his shadow at his feet. 

Results: Subject complies. Once the nail had reached 
the 2/3 mark, subject could not continue. Subject 
attempts to move away but is unable to. Subject soon 
becomes fatigued and succumbs to heatstroke. Object 
removed. Subject given medical treatment. 
Conclusions: Nature of the object established. 


272-b 

Test subject: 1 D-Class personnel (D-272-02) 
Surface: As above 

Lighting: Night (Minimal) 

Purpose: Establish effects at night. 

Procedure: Nail was dropped at the subject’s feet and 
embedded itself exactly 2/3 of the way in. Subject then 
asked to move 10 m away from the nail. 

Results: Object embeds. Subject complies showing no 
adverse effects. Subject then attempts to escape and is 
terminated. Object recovered. 

Conclusions: Subject is free to move when no shadow 
is cast. 


SCP-2458: Music Hath Charms 


Item #: SCP-2458 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2458 is to be stored in its 
case in a standard containment locker and may only be removed for 
testing. All testing must be performed in a soundproof chamber 
populated only by D-class personnel. Researchers must perform all 
duties and deliver instructions from a separate booth. Live 
broadcasts of SCP-2458 are forbidden. 


Description: SCP-2458 is a cello dating back to the early 18th 
century, consistent with the works of luthier Giuseppe Guarneri, with 
expected age and wear. The instrument has been restrung within 
the past 40 years. 


When played, SCP-2458 causes individuals within earshot to make 
rhythmic movements and vocalizations in tempo with the music. The 
movements are specific to the piece played, but typically involve 
head nodding, arm waving, and incoherent murmuring. The player of 
SCP-2458 is not affected, nor any ensemble performing with the 
player. Live broadcasts carry the effect, but playbacks do not. 
Prolonged or repeated exposure to the effect of SCP-2458 causes 
extreme distress in listeners, who develop melophobia and 
stereotypic movement disorders. 


Addendum 2458-1: Experiment Log 


Experiment 2458-A 

Player: D-385 

Listeners: D-296, D-4883, D-5019 

Work: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 

Result: Listeners bob their head in time with the music. 
Regular mistakes by D-385 cause listeners to twitch and 
break the effect before reestablishment. Listeners report 


unease at loss of motor control. 


Experiment 2458-D 

Player: D-7294, a trained symphony cellist with 
psychopathic tendencies. 

Listeners: D-296, D-385, D-4883, D-5019 

Work: Bach Cello Suite #1 

Result: Listeners demonstrate more complex 
movements, standing and bowing, followed by kneeling, 
assuming a stance common to Catholic prayer. Listeners 
chant "Kyrie eleison" five times during performance. 
Listeners afterward express further distress at loss of 
motor control. 


Experiment 2458-G 

Player: D-7294 

Listeners: D-296, D-385, D-4883, D-5019 

Work: Shostakovich's Cello Concerto 

Result: Listeners showed considerable agitation at the 
start of the test. When the performance began, listeners 
immediately ceased resistance and tapped their 
foreheads in unison. At 6:17, D-7294 deviated from test 
protocol and played an impromptu dissonant piece. 
D-385 poked his own eyes while D-5019 and D-4883 
strangled each other. D-296 removed his coveralls 
[DATA EXPUNGED]. At 15:18, D-5019, D-4883, and 
D-296 had expired while D-385 was blinded. 
Researchers instructed D-7294 to stop. D-7294 
complied. 


D-385 showed extreme melophobia after Experiment 
2458-G, claiming the music told him to self-harm. D-7294 
is retained for future testing. 


Addendum 2458-2: Recovery Log 

SCP-2458 was recovered from the abandoned Osservanza 
psychiatric hospital in Imola, Italy. Inventory records indicated that 
the object was bequeathed to the hospital in 1978, with the following 
note: 


To the kindly doctors who looked so carefully after my 


beloved Alessandra. May this instrument's music bring 
peace and order to your patients, the very gifts | tried 
and failed to bestow on my ailing wife. May we all 
choose penitence as St. Dismas did on Mount Golgotha. 


« SCP-2457 | SCP-2458 | SCP-2459 » 


SCP-2459: When the Traffic Clears 


Item #: SCP-2459 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: A 2 km perimeter has been set 
up over the zone affected by SCP-2459. Mobile Task Force Phi-12 
("Green Light") is to work with local police and transit authorities to 
prevent civilians from approaching the area. The town within the 
perimeter is to remain evacuated, with a local chemical spill and 
health hazard remaining a cover story. All movement within the 
perimeter must avoid any travel by road. All roads are to be 
removed within the perimeter as allowed by local conditions. 


MTF Phi-12 is to maintain a supply camp in town. Food and 
necessary survival supplies are to be provided to the remaining 
individuals under SCP-2459's effect. All personnel who deliver 
supplies and engage in waste removal are to be tethered by steel 
cable to the supply camp, and retrieved from the affected area by 
reeling in. Class A amnestics are to be administered to all 
participants involved in supply delivery. Roadside waste must be 
removed by MTF Phi-12. 


Foundation personnel affected by SCP-2459 are to be included in 
supply programs, with the responsibility of dispensing food and 
supplies as required. Personnel within SCP-2459's zone of effect 
are reminded that the water hose and power cables are Foundation 
property and any transactions brokered by personnel are to be 
placed with the Foundation's petrol account. Furthermore, if they 
show signs of decreased morale, they are to be reminded that they 
will remain in place until the traffic clears. 


Civilians rescued are to be interviewed. Each civilian is to be 
detained for a minimum of two weeks, placed on an amnestic 
regimen, and must attend classes regarding the structure of society 
and proper functioning therein (see Protocol Balakot-525). All 


citizens must demonstrate understanding and belief in the social 
structures of their home community before being released. 


Description: SCP-2459 is a multilevel location-based mind-affecting 
hazard overlayed on an area of four intersections within ; 
Pakistan. Any person who enters the zone of effect is subject to an 
initial cognitohazard, convincing the subject that leaving the zone is 
not an option. The primary result of this hazard is a large traffic jam 
that extends throughout the city blocks in the zone of effect. 


Furthermore, the hazard contains a memetic component believed to 
be a subconscious defense against the initial cognitohazard. 
Subjects within the zone of effect in SCP-2459 try to organize their 
affairs with respect to all other subjects within the zone, resulting in 
a reinforcement of the need to stay inside the zone, typically for 
reasons of social standing and personal property rights. 


Because the zone consists solely of the roadway, there is no source 
of water or food available. All food and water must be provided to 
hazard subjects. The development of the hazard and the subjects 
involved is a dynamic situation, and containment continues to be 
based in humanitarian efforts and civilian rescue.