Note: This is the first disciplinary action Dr. Sharp has 
received since his initial employment. Despite this, the 
O5 Council has considered his actions severe enough to 
warrant full demotion and restrictions due to the recent 
incident involving SCP-123. His lack of loyalty to the 
Foundation is worrying. 


Addendum-123-E2 


SCP-123-EX requested to talk to Foundation personnel. Dr. Herbert 
volunteered, but only on the condition that he was allowed access to 
the Foundation issued electrical recording device. When asked, he 
wished to have an accurate record of the conversation. 


Interviewer: Dr. Herbert 


Interviewee: SCP-123-EX 


<Begin Log> 
Dr. Herbert: Mr. Trevisan, you wished to speak to me? 


SCP-123-EX: Yeah, doctor, | heard you were going to, 
well, sack me? 


Dr. Herbert: Where did you hear that information? 


SCP-123-EX: Friends. 


Dr. Herbert: Are you referencing your mysterious friend 
who has been slipping you documents into your 
containment cell for the past two years? 


SCP-123-EX: How — How did you know that? 


Dr. Herbert: You admitted it in your journal. I'm surprised 
you didn't notice it earlier. 


SCP-123-EX does not respond 


Dr. Herbert: | can give you answers to some of your 
questions, if you'd like. | have been observing you for a 
while, since Dr. Sharp decided to study you. 


SCP-123-EX: What does Dr. Sharp have to do with this? 
Dr. Herbert: Everything. 


SCP-123-EX: Who slipped those documents into my 
cell? 


Dr. Herbert: Sharp, obviously. 

SCP-123-EX: Why? 

Dr. Herbert: To protect you, of course. 
SCP-123-EX: Why? 

Dr. Herbert: | don't know. | have theories, of course. 
SCP-123-EX: What do you think? 


Dr. Herbert: | think he knew what kind of predicament 
you were in. A fish out of water, so to speak. And 
considering what you were involved in — Chicago Spirit, 
Sawteeth, mobsters — he wanted to give you a helping 
hand. He wanted to give you information on the world, 
even if it was small in comparison to his personal 
knowledge. He gave you the Spirit documents to show 
you the danger involved — and how important it was for 


you to be anomalous. He didn't directly tell you, of 
course. He couldn't trust you entirely. You were a 
gangster, after all. 


SCP-123-EX: So he just felt sorry for me? 


Dr. Herbert: Yes, possibly. He may have seen a little bit 
of himself in you. Or maybe he got a personal thrill out of 
breaking the rules, although that last theory is unlikely, 
due to his clean record. 


SCP-123-EX: What the hell are you people? 
Dr. Herbert: | can't answer that, or I'd be shot. 
SCP-123-EX: What the hell is the Chicago Spirit? 


Dr. Herbert: Violent sociopaths with very few 
reservations on using violence to achieve their own 
ends. 


SCP-123-EX: Stop fucking with me. 


Dr. Herbert: Not my field of expertise. I'm a containment 
psychologist, not a historian or analyst. 


SCP-123-EX: What's gonna happen to me? 


Dr. Herbert: | don't know, not my department. However, 
| can tell you it isn't going to involve protecting you. 


SCP-123-EX: W-Why? 


Dr. Herbert: Because you're not anomalous, and we 
can't go around protecting every street urchin who has 
enemies. 


SCP-123-EX: No, you don't understand, they'll kill me! 


Dr. Herbert: And every day we experience death and 
fight it, and considering the economic state of things, we 
can't go throwing money around. We have to use our 


the edges. It is assumed to be highly elastic, as portions are 
stretched through holes in the iron ring and held in place with large, 
orange nails of an unknown alloy. Currently, SCP-564-1 contacts the 
ring in such a way in nine (9) different locations around the ring. A 
network of wire appears to connect to each location and run to 
various points within the structure of SCP-564. 


SCP-564 is sentient. It appears to have severely limited control over 
the constructed 'body', and unless otherwise noted is completely 
immobile. The following observations have been recorded to date: 
It can move the right arm freely. 

*Small movements of the left index and ring digits have been 
noticed. 

elt can move the left leg freely at any point below the kneecap. 
«Structures resembling eyes are active, however only the right 'eye' 
can move freely. 

«lt can speak. [Addendum: See Test Log 564-04] 


SCP-564 claims to have been human at one point. Its identity before 
its current form is assumed to be [DATA EXPUNGED], who was 
recorded missing in 19 , however there is currently no evidence to 
support this. 


Addendum: Testing of SCP-564 is restricted until soeech can be 
regained. (See Test Log 564-04) 


Test Log 564-01: 

Test approved by O5- and carried out by Dr. 

Tools used: Forceps and a nail recovered from the site of discovery 
of SCP-564. 

Subject: SCP-564 


SCP-564-1 was manipulated with forceps. SCP-564 noted feeling 
pains in the left leg below the hip. Nail was then brought into contact 
in the same area, and the level of pain reportedly intensified. 
Forceps was used to manipulate, without removing, other nails in 
the iron ring surrounding SCP-564-1. A number of sensations 
occurred in various locations around the body, seemingly associated 
with a specific nail. 


resources sparingly and efficiently. We aren't going to 
waste resources and man power on protecting you or 
any of your gangster friends. 


SCP-123-EX: They'll — they'll fucking kill me! 
Dr. Herbert: Not our problem. 
SCP-123-EX grabs hold of Dr. Herbert's arm 


SCP-123-EX: Please you have to reconsider. Please, I'll 
do anything, I'll work for free, I'll be a guard, I'll do 
whatever you want just please — 


Dr. Herbert jerks away 
Dr. Herbert: Get off me! 
SCP-123-EX: Please. 

<End Log>? 


Following this interview SCP-123-EX was removed from 
containment and custody transferred to the recently created Bureau 
of External Affairs, later renamed to Department of External Affairs. 
SCP-123-EX was released on 6/1/1930. 


+Commentary 


On 6-29-1930, Ottone Trevisan, formerly 
known as SCP-123, now SCP-123-EX, was 
found dead in his small Chicago apartment, 
almost a month after his initial release from 
Foundation custody. The Chicago police force 
received reports from the hotel owner that the 
renter of the apartment, Ottone Trevisan, had 
gone missing the previous week. Additionally, 
a rotten smell was coming from the inside the 
apartment. The hotel owner, fearing the worse 
and knowing Ottone's relationship with the 


Chicago Outfit, called the police to investigate, 


The police were shocked to discover the 
decapitated and crucified corpse of Ottone 
Trevisan. He suffered a large amount of 
physical trauma before succumbing to his 
wounds. His head was found in the toilet, and 
his penis was found nailed to the inside part of 
the front door. One officer reported that the 
face looked like it was "screaming", and that 
there was an unnatural amount of blood within 
the bathroom. 


Despite the evidence of a _ struggle, no 
members of the apartment reported screaming 
or strange sounds coming from inside. The 
strange circumstances of the death prompted 
Foundation personnel to arrive at the scene 
and take over the investigation, masquerading 
as FBI agents. 


Personnel discovered the remnants of various 
spells and enchantments on the apartment, 
including, but not limited to: muffling, physical 
regeneration, pyro-related spells, long-range 
use of removed limbs, time dilation related 
spells, sensory amplification, shape-shifting, 
and many more. 


Up until this point, Ottone had tried to keep a 
low profile. He tried to rejoin the Chicago 
Outfit, but due to his connection to the death of 
Sawteeth, he was rejected out of fear. His 
mother had died while he was_ within 
Foundation custody. Every excuse given made 
no sense. What few friends he had abandoned 
him, seeing him as either a danger or a 
coward for leaving the Outfit. 


This is an exceptional case in Foundation 
history, showcasing the failures of the early 


20th century Foundation to protect falsely 
assumed anomalies. Ottone was just one of 
over 10,000 false anomalies from the years of 
1889 to 1930, before the invention of Kant 
counters and other objective ways of 
determining anomalies. Modern Foundation 
historians and analysts estimate that anywhere 
from 30%-60% of contained objects had no 
supernatural properties. Others, such as Anita 
L. Glidwell, claim that these statistics are 
inaccurate, as they did not include individuals 
who died in containment. 


The point of this case is to remember 
something incredibly important: that the 
Foundation is not infallible, that we are not 
immune to horrible, wasteful travesties. That, 
despite all our current knowledge and 
technology, are always capable of being 
wrong. Additionally, it showcases _ what 
happens when we stop caring for the non- 
anomalous; once it was shown that Ottone 
was not anomalous, he was removed from 
containment, a place he had spent the better 
part of two years, a place where he made 
many connections, including the ‘traitorous’ Dr. 
Sharp who did everything he could to help him, 
and threw him out. He had been cut off from 
the outside world, which contained people who 
wanted him dead. The upper echelons of the 
Foundation bureaucracy were indifferent to his 
and others plight. This is why we have 
programs in place to remove people from the 
outside world, why we have programs that 
allow people to start over, why we remove 
them from the public record; it's for their own 
good. 


Foundation Historian Amanda K. Richards. 


Footnotes 

1.Archivist Note:See Document-AWQ12 for more information. 
2.Archivist Note:The following addendum was one of the early uses 
of electrical recording equipment specifically manufactured by the 
Foundation. Due to a difficult development period from 1922 to 
1927, very little progress was made. Despite this, the first prototype 
was developed in 1929, and modified in 1930. This device was more 
advanced for the time period, and was not prone to damage. 
However, it was expensive to manufacture, and each Foundation 
site were only stocked with one device. 

3. Following the interview, Dr. Herbert requested a copy of the 
recording. After extensive background checks he was allowed 
access to the recording. 


SCP-2600-EX: Furred Trout 


Item #: SCP-2600-EX 
Object Class: Safe Explained 


Special Containment Procedures: Any tributaries believed to 
contain SCP-2600 breeding grounds are to be dynamited 
immediately. Deceased specimens are to be brought to research 
station 2600-Prime. Specimens of SCP-2600 found alive are to be 
contained immediately. Personnel are to notify the site director 
immediately if a live specimen is contained. No special containment 
procedures are needed for SCP-2600-EX at this time. 


Description: SCP-2600-EX is an anomalous species of trout 
located in [REDACTED]. The trout are cytologically identical to 
speckled trout, but have shaggy white fur covering 90% of their 
bodies. It is not known what purpose this fur serves, but it is 
hypothesized that the trout have much lower body temperature than 
normal speckled trout. 


No specimen of SCP-2600-EX have been discovered alive to date, 
and it is believed that their spawning ground is in a location not 
normally inhabited by speckled trout, such as an underground 
reservoir. All specimens of SCP-2600-EX currently in the 
Foundation's possession were deceased upon discovery. 


SCP-2600-EX is believed to have the ability to transfer its fur to 
normal speckled trout via unknown means. Normal speckled trout 
tagged with Foundation micro-radio beacons have turned up bearing 
SCP-2600-EX's distinctive fur. 


The following log contains notes made by SCP-2600- 
EX's research director James Dobson. It is currently 
believed that Director Dobson was influenced by the 
folklore and culture that he experienced growing up in 
the area he was researching. This is the probable cause 


of the highly unprofessional and dishonest way he 
behaved during his tenure as SCP-2600-EX's research 
director. 


January 15th, 1919 


Due to my history with the area and knowledge of lore 
surrounding it, | have been selected as SCP-2600's 
research director. Words do not do justice to the 
excitement | feel. Ever since | was a boy | have dreamed 
of catching the furred trout. And now | am in charge of 
the world's most advanced lab completely dedicated to it. 
I've hand picked the personnel that are going to work for 
me. They all have the youth and zeal to get the job done. 


February 2nd, 1919. 


Research station has been finished. All of my staff tell 
me of their excitement. As the primary research director, 
| have been allotted my own office. | put a stuffed furred 
trout over my door. Although it may be fake, my staff 
seemed to find it amusing. 


April 3rd, 1919. 


A real breakthrough! Lawrence was out in the field today, 
checking some of the local waterways when he found a 
deceased instance of SCP-2600! I've ordered greater 
exploration of the area Lawrence found it at. Gave 
Lawrence a little bonus while | was at it. I've got research 
on top priority doing tests on it. We'll have our data soon. 
And to think | was starting to get discouraged... 


June 21st, 1919. 


Nothing. Just a whole lot of nothing. That's all we got 
from the tests. No major differences, no anomalous 
properties. Just a trout with fur. And right before our 
annual review... | will have to come up with a solution 
quickly 


August 8th, 1919 


| can't believe | did it. But | had to. We're just so close to 
achieving a breakthrough. | couldn't have let them take 
my team apart. | had Bern draw up some... speculative 
research. But it's okay. The review period is over. If we 
can find a real one, | can make my new report confirming 
our hypothesis to add to the main document. | have faith 
that we will be okay. 


November 1st, 1919 


Nothing. Still nothing. None of our results gave us any 
new data. It's like we've been sitting on our hands for 
months. We had nothing for the document. So... | had to 
tell staff that we had results that confirmed them, and 
added it to the report. But we'll get real results soon. | 
can feel it in my gut. 


January 3rd, 1920. 


My nightmare has come true. Our records are being 
audited. They're going to go through all of our papers, 
they're going to see what's different. No. | have research 
working triple overtime to get anything. All my agents are 
in the field looking for the possible spawn points | 
mapped in the document. We can't fail now. | just can't. 


February 17th, 1920. 


I've ordered agents to start dynamiting the places | 
marked as spawn points. They can't use it against me if | 
put it out of commission. | can explain it. I'll say they got 
dangerous. It'll work I'll be okay be okay be okay. | need 
to be okay. 


March 3rd, 1920. 


| think it's over. I'm sitting in this tiny office. They have 
the records. | know that any day now I'm gonna get that 
call... and I'll sit in a tiny cell... and they'll ask me about 


my research. Blast, | can't do it anymore. I'm downing 
patent medicine in bulk, my staff knows the truth of what 
I've been up to. | think everyone hates me. I'm going to 
lose everything I've been working to. | didn't do anything 
to hurt anyone. | just wanted truth. 


NOTICE TO ALL PERSONNEL 

Director Dobson has been relieved of his position. Our 
investigation found a ring of researchers working with the 
Director falsifying research documents and manipulating 
data in order to justify further research. As of now, our 
data shows SCP-2600 is nothing more than a fungal 
infection. It has been designated "Explained". You will all 
be receiving relocation notices to projects more worthy of 
your time. 

-05-9 


Canons and Series 


Above All, Stand I.