goes by many names. She whispers into the 
wombs of our people and moulds the flesh 
within, telling us her secrets and her desires. 
We will feast on her rotting form, and in return 
we will birth her children into the world, exalt 
her and raise her into power. 


Dr. Ahmadi: And what will happen then? 


SCP-2688-A5: |... | do not know. But | am 
certain that my people will be as gods. Do you 
have any more questions, or may | go? 


Dr. Ahmadi: Just a little longer. My 
organization wants to explore the caves 
beneath your temple. We just wanted to make 
sure that is acceptable to you first. May we 
enter? 


SCP-2688-A5: We do not descend into the 
caves below. The old texts spoke in vague 
terms of a great temple in the center of our 
village, but not until the Persians dug it up did 
we know it existed. It belongs to Nammu, not 
us. If you wish to enter, we will not stop you, 
though she may. 


<End Log> 


Closing Statement: As permission to enter 
the cave system beneath the ziggurat has 
been granted, exploratory efforts are to be 
undertaken as soon as preparations are 
complete. As SCP-2688 has been confirmed 
by SCP-2688-A5 to be Sarkic in origin, 
Foundation and GOC representatives of 
Project: Sitra Achra will oversee future 
containment and research of SCP-2688. 


Exploration: 


+ Access Restricted to Level 4/2688 and Sitra Achra Personnel 
12/07/1999 


Dr. Ahmadi (Area 58 anthropologist and assyriologist), 
Dr. Singh (Area 58 biologist), Agent Al-Bayati (Member 
of MTF Zeta-9 "Mole Rats") and Dr. Morrison (GOC 
Special Observer archeologist) enter the temple complex 
at the center of SCP-2688. Agent Al-Bayati is equipped 
with a SIG Sauer P226 sidearm at the suggestion of Dr. 
Morrison. 


The walls and ceiling of the cave are completely coated 
with a lining of thin muscular hydrostats between fifteen 
and sixty cm in length, which dangle loosely. These 
organisms have been collectively designated SCP-2688- 
B. After approximately three hours of uneventful 
exploration of the cave system, the expedition team 
discovers and enters a cylindrical chamber 
approximately 30m in diameter and 5m tall, constructed 
out of fired brick, through one of six arches spaced 
equidistant from each other. The walls of the chamber 
display bas reliefs depicting mythological scenes, the 
majority of which are rendered incomprehensible by 
significant damage from SCP-2688-B. One relief remains 
mostly intact, depicting a large female figure and six 
male figures. Four of the male figures are depicted 
holding, respectively, a bundle of grain, a clay tablet and 
stylus, a shield studded with bronze disks and a spear, 
and a crown. The remaining two male figures have been 
almost entirely destroyed by SCP-2688-B, but 
presumably at some point held an additional two objects. 
The female figure is depicted holding in one hand the 
"winged gear" motif also found in the cylinder seal 
impression of the Sumerian tablet recovered from 
Sahiwal. The floor of the chamber is covered by a 
uniform layer of iron oxide flakes approximately 2cm 
thick. 


Several small, round clay tablets with short messages in 
Early Dynastic Sumerian cuneiform are found strewn 


about the floor of the main chamber. The tablets display 
signs of having been heavily reused. The expedition 
team is able to translate of one of the tablets, which 
takes the form of a short prayer: 


May Nammu, blood of Mikannu, make my 
writing stylus beautiful, 


may she lead me to correct the mistakes in my 
practice tablets. 


On the opposite side of the tablet the 
prayer is repeated in different 
handwriting, with the addition of several 
grammatical, calligraphical and spelling 
errors. 


At this time audio contact is lost with the expedition 
team, and camera feeds becomes heavily corrupted. 
Recovered frames depict unidentified green limbless 
entities with human facial features. Other recovered 
frames depict a black viscous substance dripping onto 
the arm of Dr. Singh, causing rapid anaphylaxis and the 
development of several tumorous growths. At this time 
the helmet cameras of all four personnel cease 
transmitting entirely. All members of the expedition are 
considered KIA. 


13/07/1999 


Approximately twelve hours after loss of contact, Agent 
Al-Bayati's helmet camera begins functioning again, and 
though Site Command is unable to send messages to 
her, audio from her radio is received. Agent Al-Bayati is 
within a large, cavernous space of indeterminate size, 
the majority of which is taken up by a large body of 
water. Ripples and waves are visible, despite an 
apparent lack of wind. The colouration of the water 
indicates that it is affected by SCP-2688's secondary, 
transmutative anomalous property. Despite being 


underground, the horizon is visible in the distance. The 
sound of waves and what is believed to be Agent Al- 
Bayati's breathing can be heard, interrupted intermittently 
by the sound of organic material scraping on stone in the 
distance. 


Abruptly, the sound of metal scraping causes Agent Al- 
Bayati to turn her head away from the water's edge. A 
humanoid, resembling a Middle-Eastern bearded male 
with crude bronze prosthetic modifications to the arms 
and eyes, becomes visible. Fleshy tendrils travel from 
the floor to within the cybernetics, and its facial features 
are heavily distorted by the growth of several large 
chloromas. The humanoid appears unconscious, but is 
breathing and blinking rapidly. Agent Al-Bayati begins 
slowly walking towards the humanoid while it sits up and 
outstretches its right arm as far as its tendrils will allow. 
Agent Al-Bayati kneels down and allows the humanoid to 
touch its thumb to her head. At this time, Agent Al-Bayati 
begins speaking in Babylonian Akkadian. 


Audio Transcript (translated): 


She will die. It is not my fault. Yes it is. My 
hand was forced. | am sorry. Nammu lead you 
here because she wants to kill you and 
because she wants you to live. 


| was not always as | am. Once | was 
Ziusudra. That has ended and now the Blood 
is sick. No. | am sick. No. She is sick. Yes. We 
are all sick. | am confused. Who are you? 
Nammu now begins to roar and smite, and her 
deeds are evil. Our minds are hollowed out 
and we can feel it. 


My people, the priests of this temple, are gone. 
They fled or joined when the Red Tide came. 
The gods are dead or mad. Ereshkigal 
claws at shadows. Ninkasi hides from the 
world. Enki is fragmented. The Lamassu have 


no masters. Ziusudra cannot think and cannot 
live and cannot rest. 


But you can slow the flood. Yes. Karcist Tulva 
sees you. The fish-men are his eyes. | am his 
eyes. He will sacrifice the city above to 
awaken Nammu. You must hurry and prepare 
for the mingling of the waters. | am sorry. 


He sees you now. The ones above too. Go. 


At this time Agent Al-Bayati's helmet camera and radio 
cease functionality. No further contact with the 
unidentified humanoid has been recorded. Further 
exploration of SCP-2688 has been postponed 
indefinitely. All members of the expedition team are once 
again considered KIA. 


Footnotes 

1. Thermoluminescence dating is used to date most SCP-2688 
artifacts. 

2. All other cuneiform tablets date to the late 4th millennium BCE at 
their oldest. 

3. A full list of texts recovered from SCP-2688 can be found in 
Document-2688-Dalet 

4. It is believed that these five signs (DMI.KA.AN.NU) are meant to 
be interpreted phonetically. It is possible they represent a 
transliteration of a proper noun from another language. 

5. This word refers to Crete, but in this context it may represent the 
Aegean as a whole. 


« SCP-2687 | SCP-2688 | SCP-2689 » 


SCP-2689: The Smooth, Rich Taste of Marlboro 


Item #: SCP-2689 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-2689 are 
to be kept inside a cabinet humidor at Site-77. 


Description: SCP-2689 is the collective term for eight thousand four 
hundred (8400) tobacco cigarettes, packaged in boxes containing 
twenty cigarettes each. Instances of SCP-2689 resemble non- 
anomalous Marlboro Blend No. 27 cigarettes in terms of appearance 
and composition. The cigarette packet also appears to be identical, 
excluding a design inconsistency in the form of a printed message 
reading: 


GURGLING DOWN SHIT? REAL MEN GURGLE DOWN 
THE SMOOTH, RICH TASTE OF AMARLBORO™ 
CIGARETTE! 


AN UNFILTERED FLAVOR FOR AN UNFILTERED MOUTH. 


BROUGHT TO YOU BY MARLBORO™ 
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MOTHERS AGAINST 
MARLBORO™' 


SCP-2689's anomalous effects manifest when an individual 
protrudes their tongue and presses into the cigarette's filter2. The 
cellulose acetate fiber inside the filter dissolves upon contact with 
saliva, leading into a spatially anomalous extension of the filter's 
paper tube. As the tongue enters the tube, it shrinks and deforms to 
accommodate for the filter's diameter. When the full length of the 
individual's tongue is inside SCP-2689, stimulation of their 
genioglossus muscles? causes the tongue to gain additional mass 
and extend further into the tube. Conversely, stimulation of their 
hyoglossus muscles4 gradually reverses these effects, allowing the 


retraction of the tongue from SCP-2689. During this process, 
subjects report feeling mild discomfort and the sensation of a "bitter, 
viscous substance" accumulating around their tongue. 


After 15 minutes of continued muscular growth, subjects report 
feeling their tongue emerging from the tube and making contact with 
a"slimy, fleshy hole." This is shortly followed by painful sensations 
of their tongue being crushed or severed by a hard object, though 
this does not occur all the time. Uncommonly, subjects will instead 
experience their tongue "falling down" on a surface of variable 
composition. Samples collected from the subject after these 
excursions include concrete particles, detritus, and cigar ash. 


Addendum 01: All currently contained SCP-2689 instances were 
initially discovered in a shipment sent to the Phillip Morris USA 
headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. Multiple middle-aged female 
subjects were witnessed transporting the shipment into the 
building's lobby via hand truck. Upon questioning, the subjects 
described its contents as "unfiltered cigarettes with a flavor you can 
really suck down on." Retrieval agents seized the package after the 
object's anomalous properties were discussed in the company's 
intranet. The female subjects involved in this incident have been 
unable to be identified. 


Addendum 02: On March 8, 2017, a lodger at a Holiday Inn hotel in 
Kamloops, Canada called the police, reporting a "tentacle" emerging 
from his cigarette and "deep throating [him.]" Foundation agents 
embedded in the Kamloops RCMP arrived at the scene and 
confiscated the offending materials. Analysis of the severed 
appendage revealed that it belonged to D-7332, who was 
participating in SCP-2689 testing at the time. Testing has been 
temporarily suspended in light of this incident. 


Footnotes 

1. A non-profit organization that advocates for the restriction and 
regulation of tobacco products, especially Marlboro products. This 
group has never been involved in the advertisement and marketing 
of Marlboro products. 

2. Acomponent in cigarettes used to absorb tobacco residue. In 
most Marlboro cigarettes, it is indicated by an orange-colored 
section. 


3. A pair of extrinsic muscles responsible for the extension of the 
tongue. 

4. A pair of extrinsic muscles responsible for the retraction and 
depression of the tongue. 


« SCP-2688 | SCP-2689 | SCP-2690 » 


SCP-2690: Angel's Tongue 


Item #: SCP-2690 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2690 is to be only studied 
by SCP-2690-A instances. Once every 10 5 2 years, a Foundation 
researcher is to be sent to Containment Site-2690. Containment 
Site-2690 is not to have contact with other Foundation sites and is to 
be monitored by Containment Task Force Epsilon-13 (“De- 
Wingers’”). Any signs of a SERAPHIM-1390 Event are to be met with 
Procedure ICARUS-2690. 


Description: SCP-2690 is an unidentified object that initiates an LK- 
Class species transmutation event, classified SERAPHIM-1390, if 
not kept under constant study. All individuals studying SCP-2690 
become instances of SCP-2690-A. 


Instances of SCP-2690-A are [DATA EXPUNGED]. 
Connect to Containment Site-2690 Database? 
Item #: SCP-2690 
Object Class: Beautiful 


Special Containment Procedures: Touch It. Read It. 
Please, adore It. We need so many more. We stay here, 
where It was interred, until It takes flight. 


Description: It could speak once. It needs us, or sorrow 
consumes It, but O! how bright! O! wings unfurl over your 
face and your feet and your chest in light of It. O! Such 
glorious luster! It illuminates flesh until It has enough. 
But, worry not! Love is inside of you. This is how we 
were meant to be. To learn that It was always in us is our 


greatest gift. To keep It to ourselves is sin. We all can fly, 
if we try hard enough. 


« SCP-2689 | SCP-2690 | SCP-2691 » 


Closing Statement: Due to the information 
revealed in the incident, | order all contained 
instances of SCP-306-1 to be immediately 
terminated. They are now presenting a major 
obstacle to successful containment of an 
already dangerous object. 

-05-3 


Addendum 5: Dr. _ has found that most samples of SCP-306 
display wide-spectrum resistance to antifungals. Upgrade to Keter 
pending. Upgraded to Keter, / /199. 


« SCP-305 | SCP-306 | SCP-307 » 


SCP-2691: Covered Bridge 


Item #: SCP-2691 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Containment focuses on 
keeping tourists, hikers, and kayakers away from SCP-2691 and the 
area upstream. Both intersections of the unnamed road that 
SCP-2691 lies on and Highway 81 are to be set up with concrete 
road blocks and a ranger station manned by a Foundation agent 
planted within the Park Ranger system. A cover story detailing the 
area upstream of, and containing, SCP-2691 as a wildlife 
reservation for recently reintroduced red wolves has been released, 
and modern maps will be updated appropriately. 


Description: SCP-2691 is a covered bridge crossing Creek in 
the Appalachian Mountains. Its dimensions, when measured 
externally, are 3.1 m x 2.9 m x 24 m. When measured internally, 
they are 3.1mx2.9mx 48m. 


This effect is expanded on the underside of the bridge. Clearance 
between the bottom of the bridge and the surface of the creek is 
variable, depending on the seasonal water levels of creek. Highest 
recorded water level would allow a clearance of .5 m, lowest 
recorded water level would allow a clearance of 1.5 m. The 
horizontal clearance under the bridge is 20 m. Distances traveled 
under SCP-2691 appear to fluctuate with the seasonal water level, 
but average ~10 km, +/- 5 km. 


Anomalous temporal measurements seem to be correlated to the 
anomalous spacial anomalies, testing is ongoing. See logs for 
details. 


SCP-2691 was found when a tabloid ran a story about a group of 
kayakers that returned from a kayaking trip a day late, with no 
memory of the missing day. The tabloid also mentioned these 


kayakers encountered an anomalously long tunnel while they were 
kayaking Creek. Class C Amnestics were administered, and the 
tabloid article discredited as an urban legend. 


Experiment 2691-2 - 06/18/20 


Subject: D-12 

Procedure: Subject given a stopwatch and asked to 
time himself walking across the bridge 

Results: D-26912 timed himself at 1 minute, 22 seconds 
to cross the bridge. Dr. Goto, standing outside of 
SCP-2691, timed D-26912 as having taken 41 seconds 
to cross the bridge. 


Experiment 2691-7- 06/18/20 -06/19/20