Item #: SCP-1454
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Each member of SCP-1454 is to be housed separately in a standard cell of the type used to contain Safe-class humanoid SCP entities. Standard rules and regulations pertaining to contained humanoids are to be applied. During good behavior, SCP-1454 may be allowed to perform menial tasks not related to SCP containment in exchange for access to approved entertainment and reading material.
SCP-1454 individuals are not to be brought into contact with each other, directly or indirectly, except for testing purposes. All members of SCP-1454 are to be kept on standby observation at any time another member is undergoing testing, surgery, or is at a significant risk of life-threatening danger. Use of amnestics on any SCP-1454 specimen is to be avoided except as a last resort.
Description: SCP-1454 consists of four human males, designated SCP-1454-1 through SCP-1454-4, each 36 years old at the time they entered Foundation custody in 20██. All four are in good health and display no unusual physical impairments for human beings of their age. DNA testing has indicated that the individuals comprising SCP-1454 are genetically identical to a degree similar to identical twins.
The members of SCP-1454 possess a shared memory - each SCP-1454 specimen has full access to the memories of every other member, and is constantly aware of what the other three individuals are doing and experiencing at any given moment. The means of data transmission between the individuals is unknown. Attempts to block shared memory by imposing physical distance, solid barriers, electrical fields, hallucinogenic drugs, or [REDACTED] have all proven unsuccessful. Use of amnestics upon one member of SCP-1454 similarly affects the other three with regards to the memories deleted. All four members of SCP-1454 act independently of each other. In spite of the shared memories possessed by the four, no evidence of a "hive mind" or "group consciousness" has been observed. Individuals have demonstrated no ability to consciously induce another to act.
All four members of SCP-1454 have been diagnosed with a unique psychological illness related to their shared mental state. Each individual member of SCP-1454 is unaware that there are three other humans identical to him and possessing the same shared memory, and is of the belief that he himself has personally experienced all the memories that his mind has access to. All SCP-1454 individuals are of the belief that this state is typical of human beings, and in interviews have neither found it unusual nor made any attempt to explain or rationalize having several simultaneous and contradictory sets of memories. When two or more SCP-1454 individuals are brought into each other's presence, each will fail to recognize the other as a duplicate of himself, and will become extremely confused and agitated as a result, often leading to physical violence.
SCP-1454 was discovered by the Foundation in 20██, when all four individuals comprising it simultaneously threatened to commit suicide by jumping from the windows of four separate tall buildings in downtown ███████, ██. Examination of government records found that the individuals, who all identified themselves by the name "Eric ███████", had all lived and worked in the ███████ area. All four possessed identical drivers' licenses and Social Security cards, and had filed tax returns each year claiming income from five sources. One birth certificate, five houses, seven automobiles, six college degrees, and seven marriage licenses were found to be associated with the name. A death certificate was also found to be associated with the name, belonging to an individual who had been killed in a drunk driving accident two days prior.
Addenda:

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Interviewed: SCP-1454-1
Interviewer: Dr. ██████
<Begin Log, ██/██/20██, 12:37 PM>
Dr. ██████ : Good afternoon, SCP-1454-1. How are you doing today?
SCP-1454-1: Great, thanks. And call me Eric.
Dr. ██████ : If you insist. I'd like to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind. Before you came into our custody, what did you do for a living?
SCP-1454-1: I was a lawyer at [REDACTED], a public relations specialist at [REDACTED], a freelance photographer, a featured columnist in [REDACTED], and I owned and operated a small chain of seafood restaurants in the greater ███████ area.
Dr. ██████ : And what order did you hold those jobs in?
SCP-1454-1: All at once.
Dr. ██████ : I see. How many hours did you work a week?
SCP-1454-1: Just depended on the workload… 195 at the least, but there are times I was putting in a 280-hour week.
Dr. ██████ : Are you aware there are only 168 hours in a week, Eric?
SCP-1454-1: Of course I am. I think I've earned enough college degrees to know something like that.
Dr. ██████ : How is it that you managed to work more hours in a week than there are in a week?
SCP-1454-1: Well, I never said it was easy. Sometimes I'd be asleep in bed or on vacation and I'd still be working overnight getting the books squared away.
Dr. ██████ : How were you able to work while you were sleeping?
SCP-1454-1: Doesn't everyone?
<End Log>

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Interviewed: SCP-1454-2
Interviewer: Dr. ██████
Footnote: SCP-1454-2 had not been interviewed by or met Dr. ██████ prior to this interview.
<Begin Log, ██/██/20██>, 9:48 AM
Dr. ██████: Good morning, SCP-1454-2.
SCP-1454-2: Nice to see you again, Doc. And like I said before, call me Eric.
Dr. ██████: Of course, Eric. Can you tell me how you're doing right now?
SCP-1454-2: Great. I'm sleeping in, having breakfast, and reading a great book about [REDACTED].
Dr. ██████: Indeed. I'd like to ask you a few questions about your childhood.
SCP-1454-2: Shoot.
Dr. ██████: Did you have any brothers or sisters?
SCP-1454-2: No, but there were always these other kids hanging around the house. I don't know why my parents let them in all the time - they were always so mean to me. Especially at school.
Dr. ██████: How so?
SCP-1454-2: You know how little kids will walk around copying you sometimes to make fun of you? Repeat everything you say, dress like you, act like you? They'd do that to me all the time. They even went around telling people that they were me and I was the copycat. I don't know why - I don't even think they liked each other that much.
Dr. ██████: Did you ever tell your parents? Or your teacher?
SCP-1454-2: They never did anything about it. They just laughed, or they looked at me all confused. That's why I always spent so much time in my bedrooms; to keep away from them.
Dr. ██████: How many bedrooms did you have?
SCP-1454-2: Five, same as everybody.
Dr. ██████: Let's change the subject. Who was your first high school sweetheart?
SCP-1454-2: Cindy, Mary, Emma, Kate, and Jane.
Dr. ██████: I asked about your first girlfriend, Eric. Which of them was first?
SCP-1454-2: Kate, I guess. But the rest were my first girlfriend too. How many first girlfriends did you have?
Dr. ██████: We're here to talk about you, Eric.
SCP-1454-2: Sorry.
Dr. ██████: Did you marry any of them?
SCP-1454-2: No, we all broke up. On the same night, actually.
Dr. ██████: How's that?
SCP-1454-2: I invited them all to the senior prom. You should have seen the six of us - like a fairy tale. But it's the damnedest thing. Remember those kids I was telling you about? They were dating them too!
Dr. ██████: Could you explain that?
SCP-1454-2: Well, I went to get Kate a glass of punch, and when I was dancing with Cindy I looked over and saw one of them kissing Emma! And so I went over to yell at him, and he starts copying me again like when we were little, and he's telling everyone that I stole his dates! And then I see Mary with the other one's arm around her shoulder… I got my ass kicked that night, but I dished out as much as I took.
<End Log>

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Interviewed: SCP-1454-3
Interviewer: Dr. ██████
<Begin Log, ██/██/20██, 6:38 PM>
Dr. ██████: Good evening, SCP-1454-3. How are you tonight?
SCP-1454-3: Couldn't be better, I'm eating three delicious dinners in my rooms right now. And it's still Eric.
Dr. ██████: I'd like to talk to you about the day you were arrested, Eric. Why were you up on that ledge?
SCP-1454-3: Well, I was a little upset about having died.
Dr. ██████: Excuse me?
SCP-1454-3: I died just a few days before that and it was too much to bear.
Dr. ██████: But you're not dead.
SCP-1454-3: Well, of course I am. I remember it distinctly.
Dr. ██████: Please elaborate.
SCP-1454-3: I was driving home from the office and this car on the other side of the road swerved and hit me head-on. My seatbelt came undone and I got thrown through the windshield and landed face-first on the pavement. I couldn't move and I was bleeding all over the place. The paramedics showed up and started talking about I was going into shock and they needed to get me to the ER, and I was starting to crash, and then I died.
Dr. ██████: I see. What happened after that?
SCP-1454-3: I was pretty upset about it. I called my wives right away, but they didn't understand. So I came home early from work, canceled my dinner date with my new girlfriend, and caught the first plane back from Detroit to be with them.
Dr. ██████: What happened the next day?
SCP-1454-3: I went to my jobs and everyone was acting like they'd seen a ghost. They were saying they'd heard about me dying on TV. I saw it on the news myself, but I don't understand why it was such a big deal. Everyone dies for the first time sooner or later, right? They even said they were already making plans for the funeral.
Dr. ██████: Did you go to the funeral?
SCP-1454-3: Of course. Put on my best black suits and went with my wives. But what I saw there was what really set me off.
Dr. ██████: What was that?
SCP-1454-3: It wasn't me in the coffin at all! It was one of those other assholes! Here I am, dead, and they still think it's funny getting themselves killed just to piss me off! I tried to explain it to my wives, but…
Dr. ██████: …But?
SCP-1454-3: The rest of them were there too. And they were all telling me "Leave my wives alone!" Like I don't know my own wives? That was when I had enough. I took off and decided that if I couldn't even get away from those bastards at my own funeral, maybe they'd leave me alone if I ended it all.
<End Log>

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Item #: SCP-1455
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1455 is to be contained within a standard doorframe connecting two rooms which are part of a 36-room (6 rooms by 6 rooms) modular labyrinth array; each room in the labyrinth array is to measure 2.5 meters by 2.5 meters, and must have a minimum of two doors in its walls. This serves as primary containment. All doors between labyrinth rooms are to be colored red so that labyrinth users can more easily detect SCP-1455; similarly, each room is to be numbered, with its number clearly indicated on each wall.
All door frames on Site-██ which separate public and/or personal spaces from each other are to be of a size compatible with SCP-1455; these serve as secondary containment should SCP-1455 breach primary containment in the labyrinth. In the event that SCP-1455 is found within secondary containment, it is not to be replaced within primary containment until its misaligned phase has reverted to its standard phase. All door frames on Site-██ which separate public spaces from secure and/or classified spaces, or which separate secure and/or classified spaces from each other, are to be of a size which exceeds, or is exceeded by, that of SCP-1455 by no less than 20% in every dimension.
During its standard phase, SCP-1455 is to be used no less than four (4) times per 24-hour period; insufficient use of SCP-1455 during its standard phase shortens the interval before its phase transition. A video surveillance system is to be mounted throughout the labyrinth, so as to detect the onset of SCP-1455's ambulatory phase, and subsequently of its misaligned phase.
SCP-1455 is not to be blocked, obstructed, or otherwise interfered with during its ambulatory phase.
Any research into the misaligned phase must be performed within the first 90 hours of the onset of this phase: although SCP-1455 has never transitioned from misaligned phase to standard phase before spending at least 96 hours misaligned, the transition is instantaneous once it occurs.
Description: SCP-1455 is a wooden door, painted white on both sides, roughly 2 meters tall, 82 centimeters wide, and 3.5 centimeters thick, with a rounded brass doorknob on each side. When in its standard, non-anomalous phase, SCP-1455 functions as a normal door, standing in a doorframe as it separates two spaces from each other. After an interval of at least six days (shortest observed interval: 6 days 2 hours 14 minutes; longest observed interval: 22 days 9 hours 51 minutes; see document 1455-257-HNB for detailed statistical analysis), SCP-1455 will transition to its ambulatory phase; the duration of the non-anomalous interval can be significantly extended by frequent use (see document 1455-5K-W93 for parameters of what counts as "use").
Upon transition to its ambulatory phase, SCP-1455 will animate, unhook itself from its hinges, and begin to hop around its environment. During the ambulatory phase, SCP-1455 responds to interference by teleporting itself away. The reason why it hops if it is capable of teleportation is not known; however, it is suspected that [DATA EXPUNGED].
If its ambulatory phase is undisturbed, SCP-1455 will seek out another door within a doorframe; upon locating a suitable door, SCP-1455 will instantaneously install itself within the new door's doorframe, while simultaneously installing the new door within SCP-1455's original doorframe. This marks the transition to the misaligned phase.
During the misaligned phase, the spaces adjacent to SCP-1455's current and previous doorframes are conjoined to each other, reflecting SCP-1455's previous location: instead of doorframe A linking rooms 1 and 2, and doorframe B linking rooms 3 and 4 (as is normal), doorframe A links rooms 1 and 4, and doorframe B links rooms 2 and 3. This has been shown to be effective from both sides; further experiments with this phenomenon have revealed [DATA EXPUNGED]. After an interval of at least four days (shortest observed interval: 4 days 0 hours 26 minutes; longest observed interval: 11 days 17 hours 33 minutes; see document 1455-257-LG for detailed statistical analysis), SCP-1455 will transition to its standard phase.
Note: As a result of Incidents 1455-23 through -27, all experiments which involve moving SCP-1455 to new locations while it is in its misaligned phase are preemptively denied. - O5-█
Study of the physical composition of SCP-1455 has been hindered by the fact that all attempts to remove samples of SCP-1455 for analysis have instead produced samples of other doors; similarly, attempts to leave markings on the surface of SCP-1455 have instead left markings on the surface of other doors. This is hypothesized to be a further manifestation of SCP-1455's property of warping space towards other doors.
All forms of passive analysis indicate that SCP-1455 is a normal door, with the exception of [DATA EXPUNGED]. This implies [DATA EXPUNGED], which is considered probable, but for obvious reasons cannot be verified.

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Item #: SCP-1456
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Media and advertisements in the city of ██████, Colorado are under observation by Foundation personnel for the first stage of SCP-1456. A Foundation outpost, disguised as a call centre, has been established in the town and is operated by TF-Omega 16 “The Contestants”. The centre maintains 60 90 160 unique phone numbers, all publicly listed to Agent ███████. Upon identification of instances of SCP-1456-1, the number presented is immediately called in sequence in order to intercept prize instances. Agent ███████'s listed residence and a block radius is to be monitored during active phases.
A localized media campaign designed to discourage the population from entering the contests presented by SCP-1456-1 has been running for 16 years.
Description: SCP-1456 is a series of anomalous phone-in contests advertised in print, radio, local television and billboards. The advertisements vary considerably in content, claiming to represent organizations both fictional and real presenting a contest or contests promising financial or physical prizes to winning callers. Each will predominately feature a unique phone number. Collectively, these advertisements are referred to as instances of SCP-1456-1.
Instances of SCP-1456-1 appear spontaneously with no discernible external source. Billboards and print examples appear while the medium is unobserved, affecting sets of billboards owned by the same organizations and full runs of local newspapers and periodical simultaneously. Radio and television instances appear to replace regularly scheduled, legitimate advertisements. In either case, no discrepancies have been noted by the owners or operators of the transmission medium.
Calling the number provided by SCP-1456-1 with a local phone number that has not yet been used to call in will result in a “win” or “lose” result. Lose results are a simple tone, commonly described as “harsh” or “grating”, played three times before disconnection. A win result is a chime sound followed by a male voice announcing “You've won!”. Attempting to call in multiple times with the same number will result in a continuous and increasingly loud instance of the “lose” sound, escalating with no known upper limit until the phone is disconnected.
Three days after a successful “win” result, a prize, loosely consistent with the advertised prize, will be delivered to the winner, defined as the owner of the phone number used to make the winning call. The prize appears at the residence of the winner through varying means depending on the contents, by methods both mundane and anomalous.
Sample Prize Instances: For a full list of recovered prize instances, refer to Document 1456-A.
Instance 0054

Advertised Prize: 500 dollar cash prize.
Delivery Mechanism: A homeless local deposited the prize on the doorstep of residence. When questioned, he could not recall the event.
Delivered Prize: Five hundred dollars in assorted bills and small change in a blank envelope.

Instance 0143

Advertised Prize: Non-specific cash prize
Delivery Mechanism: Prize spontaneously manifested traveling at speed through the front window of the residence. Prize was contained inside plastic bag along with a brick.
Delivered Prize: A stolen wallet belonging to █████ ███████, a local resident.

Instance 0567

Advertised Prize: Trip to Rome
Delivery Mechanism: A taxi was waiting at the curb the morning of delivery. Driver identified as a local resident, but could not provide records or reason for arrival.
Delivered Prize: The driver presented Agent ███████ with a one-way ticket on Air ████ to Rome leaving from JFK airport in New York. Driver refused to drive agent to the airport, and would not leave until paid.

Instance 0985

Advertised Prize: Sports Car
Delivery Mechanism: A truck belonging to an unidentified towing service delivered prize. Truck vanished upon leaving observed area. Analysis of footage indicates that the truck corresponds to no known make.
Delivered Prize: Nissan 350Z, heavily damaged in an apparent crash. Two bodies located inside. Identified remains and license plate linked with automobile accident in █████████, Germany two days prior.

Instance 1121

Advertised Prize: A Caribbean cruise
Delivery Mechanism: Spontaneous appearance 50m above ground level.
Delivered Prize: Roughly 900 kilolitres of seawater, a small yacht, and several hundred instances of marine fauna.

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SCP-1457, at rest.

Item #: SCP-1457
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1457 is to be contained in a 5m x 5m x 5m containment area furnished with host plants appropriate to its apparent species. SCP-1457 is to be “fed” every 24 hours by designated personnel (See Addendum 1457-2). Humidity, temperature, and light are to be maintained in the containment area to prevent causing stress to SCP-1457.
Description: SCP-1457 appears to be a Nymphalis antiopa butterfly possessing a missing forewing and solid white eyes. Despite the tattered condition of its wings, SCP-1457 is still capable of flight. Possibly due to its unique feeding habits, SCP-1457 does not show signs of aging.
SCP-1457 is capable of transferring memories between humans through skin contact. Test results thus far invariably indicate that the memories transferred pertain to experiences involving isolation and tend to incite a desire for sympathy or company in the affected party.
When SCP-1457 undergoes stress, the dark blue markings along its wings begin to luminesce. While in this state, SCP-1457 will “broadcast” memories gathered from all humans it has been in contact with. The maximum range SCP-1457 is able to transmit memories through this method is unknown.
SCP-1457 was initially recovered from a relatively suburban area, where a child had discovered it and attempted to care for it. The child was later treated for symptoms of anxiety and depression; SCP-1457 came to the attention of the Foundation when the child's parents and █ neighbors of the family also began to seek therapy.
Addendum 1457-1: Preliminary interviews with D-Class personnel exposed to SCP-1457 have revealed that memories transferred by SCP-1457 are initially accepted by the receiver as their own. (See interview log)

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Interview Log 1457-11-19352
Dr. Kiryu and D-Class personnel D-19352 are seated within SCP-1457's containment area. SCP-1457 rests on D-19352's hand, wings unfolded.
Dr. Kiryu: This butterfly is called a Mourning Cloak. Does it remind you of anything?
D-19352: No, I don't think so… Wait…
Dr. Kiryu: Yes?
D-19352: I don't know why, but… it sort of reminded me… no, it made me remember something. [pauses] When my mother died. In a hospital with light blue curtains. She was crying, because no one else was there. Just me.
Dr. Kiryu: Why do you think the butterfly reminded you of that?
D-19352: I think there was a vase or something with flowers. Somewhere. And a white butterfly was on the vase.
Dr. Kiryu: I see.
<Class D personnel D-19352 averts gaze from interviewer. SCP-1457 folds its wings. D-19352's eyes are observed to have grown blanker; the pupils dilate and briefly flash white.>
D-19352: Won't you share my stories?
Dr. Kiryu: I'm sorry? What stories?
D-19352: [pauses] Stories? I didn't say anything about stories.
Note: A background investigation revealed both parents of Subject D-19352 to be living. Neither had ever been hospitalized or suffered any major injury.

The incidences of subjects appearing to be “possessed” by SCP-1457 are undergoing investigation. It is currently unknown if SCP-1457 consciously attempts or is able to communicate.
Addendum 1457-2: Based on the journal logs of Dr. █████, the first designated “food source” of SCP-1457, it is theorized that SCP-1457 does not sustain itself through human contact, but rather feeds off of certain human emotions.

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██ ████, 199█
I should have known the random mandatory EI test was more than just a new routine for staff.
██ ████, 199█
I saw two adults arguing in a hallway; I was huddled by a stairwell in the dark. The screaming continued and a door slammed, someone walked up the stairs but I couldn't move, because I knew mother wasn't going to return and she had spoken about it so many times, but I never thought it would actually happen, I thought that they would stay together for just a little longer, because they would always be there for me to talk to when one of them was angry.
██ ████, 199█
There's a consistency in all of the memories. Every time, every instance, is a scenario in which someone wholeheartedly and desperately yearns for the company of another, whether a loved one or simply any other being. The emotions SCP-1457 appears to channel border on the indescribable; it's somehow more than loneliness, somehow more than abandonment.
██ ████, 199█
I was walking, watching an airplane fly overhead, maybe carrying my best friend. We'd grown up in the same neighborhood, walked to school together for years. I know for sure I won't see him again, but he's so happy to finally be heading out into the world; I hope he remembers me. His apartment is completely empty now; the tree we used to climb is empty, the parking lot and the windows and everything is empty.
██ ████, 200█
It's uncanny just how many unique memories SCP-1457 seems to have “stored”. Since its age has yet to be determined, it's quite possible that it's been around for many years, decades even.
██ ████, 200█
I was seated at a desk. Three deadlines tomorrow, four mouths to feed. It had always been this way, but if I have to drag myself through early waking hours to make sure they can sleep soundly another night, even if they don't know, it'll be enough. It'll have to be enough. I can't let them worry.
██ ████, 200█
I've gone through the testing logs. These memories have been given out before. It seems that if SCP-1457 makes contact with the same human multiple times in succession, the memories given will be in reverse order of SCP-1457's acquisition of them, with the most recently acquired memories being transmitted first. So if I keep this up long enough, will there be a point where the memories end? Will I know when I receive the memory that started it all?
██ ████, 200█
I was eating dinner alone. This was his first birthday Dad wasn't around to celebrate. There were still funeral arrangement papers scattered across the table, and the radio is chirping the song he liked to sing to Mom. Outside the sky is gray and miserable and pouring cold rain, but I know at least they're not alone anymore.
██ ████, 200█
[DATA REDACTED]
██ ████, 200█
I can't help but wonder how it transfers emotions as well as the memories. I also wonder about the vividness; I wonder why the memories linger. I know they're not mine, but nevertheless, these are common scenarios, common sob stories. At any given time in the world there is always despair, and as much as I try not to think of it, I feel sorry for them all, but I don't know what SCP-1457 wants from me, because every time it passes a memory to me, I don't feel anything.
██ ████, 200█
It talked to me. It actually talked to me. I don't quite remember how, I just heard a voice in my head when it landed on my hand. Sounded like a child, whispering, “There is no giving or taking. There is only sharing.”
██ ████, 200█
I saw a residential area. It was fairly nice, with neatly-trimmed lawns, healthy trees, flowers on the bushes. But then I saw someone using a hose to remove something from one of the walls of the house—I think it may have been a chrysalis? There were a few scattered on the roofs and ledges. I saw children on bicycles, and I saw unmoving caterpillars on the sidewalks.
██ ████, 200█
Why do I even bother writing these records… There's no point in feeling sorry for all these people since there's nothing I can do… Too many people…
██ ████, 200█
“Let me share with you. Please.”
██ ████, 200█
I saw what seemed to be a forest, what was left of a forest. A tree was falling down, no, being chopped down. I think I remember hearing the sound of machinery. I felt like my sensory perception was off somehow; it was confusing. I couldn't think of what sort of person the memory would belong to.
██ ████, 200█
Today SCP-1457 didn't fly to me like it normally did. All this time, all this sorrow, and it refuses to fly to me today. Doesn't it feed off suffering? Isn't that what it wants? The worst of it comes when I leave the containment area, I can barely feel the slightest bit of empathy anymore. Who cares about all those memories? Why should anyone bother caring? I've tried…
██ ████, 200█
“You still don't understand.”
██ ████, 200█
“Still, thank you.”

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Item #: SCP-1458
Object class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1458 and its current host (Designated SCP-1458-1) are to be contained in a standard humanoid containment unit modified to contain 2 subjects. A paediatrician is to be kept on call in addition to normal medical staff. In the case that SCP-1458-1 expires, contingencies to provide SCP-1458 with another suitable host may be considered if SCP-1458 becomes uncooperative or poses a risk to safe containment. Separation of SCP-1458 and SCP-1458-1 is to be kept to a minimum to reduce stress and anger of both subjects. All staff working with SCP-1458 should be informed of its effect. Any requests for items or sustenance should be directed to the current Head Researcher to be approved.
Description: SCP-1458 is a humanoid entity with vestigial arms whose lower body terminates in a flipper-like appendage. The organism can vocalize similarly to a human female and has an IQ of 132. The organism's main anomalous effect is shown when in the direct line of sight of a subject between the age of 3-16 years whose mother or both parents are expired. Anyone who meets the criteria and is put under the effect of SCP-1458 will have their pre-existing memories of their own maternal figure replaced with the organism. It is able to have multiple subjects under its effect simultaneously but will stay in a pacified state unless all are removed from its presence, however subjects remain under the effect and will want to return to SCP-1458.
It will attempt to feed, play with and educate the subjects under its effect. Its attempts at education are usually oriented around ancient history. SCP-1458-1 was the only child under its effect when retrieved, and due to complications relocating said subject due to no records of a subject named [REDACTED] and SCP-1458's co-operative and calm behaviour when in the presence of the subject, SCP-1458-1 shall be left in the care of SCP-1458 until specified otherwise.
While it generates revulsion in anyone who has been informed of its effect, anyone not informed of its effect will see the organism as a female human, with facial and bodily deformation and scarring. When questioned, the subjects describe SCP-1458 differently, but all are human females and subjects who have had their memory affected by SCP-1458 will describe it similarly. The organism was discovered in [REDACTED] after being caught on a security camera in a shopping mall in [REDACTED]. When questioned SCP-1458 informed researchers that it had been living in the town of [REDACTED] for █ years and had usually made SCP-1458-1 shop for groceries. People viewing SCP-1458 through electronic devices are not affected by its influence and when questioned about this SCP-1458 informed researchers of its aversion to modern technology.
Interview SCP-1458 7

Interviewed: SCP-1458
Interviewer: Researcher ███████
Foreword: Interview was questioning to determine where SCP-1458 originated. Researcher ███████ was also instructed to attempt to discover SCP-1458's intentions toward the subjects under its influence. Researcher had had contact with SCP-1458 before and was familiar with it.
<Begin Log>
Researcher ███████: Who are you?Researcher ███████: Were you born looking like this?Researcher ███████: Your children? Who were they?Note: At this point in the interview SCP-1458 began vocalizing a low pitched rumbling noise.Researcher ███████: Your revenge? What was that?Note: At this point the rumbling vocalization is much louder and more aggressive.
Researcher ███████: Please calm down, SCP-1458. Who is she?Note: At this point SCP-1458 ceased speaking and laughed for about 5 seconds.Researcher ███████: Who are her children?
<Interview terminated due to outside stimuli>
Closing Statement: Before the interview was terminated, SCP-1458 began shouting names of children. When researched it was shown that all names said met the known criteria of to be affected by the organism's main effect. Despite warnings from guards the subject did not stop vocalization and was subdued. After this event SCP-1458 ignored all requests made for 24 hours.

Addendum 1: After the events of Interview SCP-1458-7, SCP-1458 is to be closely monitored for any sudden changes in behaviour or mental state to assess what causes them.
Addendum 2: Due to apparent telepathic or mind-influencing effects on SCP-1458-1, precautions must be taken in the event that the effect is not limited to children under its influence.

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An instance of SCP-1459-1.

Item #: SCP-1459
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1459 is to be kept within a standard containment vault in Safe Wing-C of Sector-25. As of 05/16/██, only Level-1 Maintenance Technician Valera may view and interact with SCP-1459. MT Valera is to be presented with the opportunity to receive a mild amnestic to ameliorate emotional escalation between testing sessions. In the event that MT Valera becomes unavailable to perform further tests, a new individual is to be selected by the presiding on-site counselor.
By executive order, testing is to continue indefinitely.
Description: SCP-1459 is a modified claw crane arcade game machine that stands 2.3m x 1.2m x 1.5m. Like most machines of this variety, it has a central rectangular space with three clear walls on its front and sides, with a white plastic floor and back. However, SCP-1459 is unique in that the inner chamber has no chute where a prize would normally be dispensed.
The front panel features two coin slots, a large red button, a microphone, a digital numeric display, a sign that reads "WIN A COOKIE", and a thin horizontal slot from which the aforementioned baked goods are dispensed. There is no power cord attached to the back of the machine, nor is one needed, as it is presumably powered via anomalous means. When SCP-1459 is inactive, the central chamber is completely bare. SCP-1459 cannot be forcefully opened or damaged by any known means.
When one (1) US quarter-dollar coin is deposited into SCP-1459, a hatch will open in the ceiling of the central chamber and a claw carrying an instance of SCP-1459-1 will descend from it. SCP-1459-1 and other materials produced by SCP-1459 are often too large to normally fit in the upper section of the machine; it is unknown if these materials are manifested by SCP-1459 at the beginning of game sessions or if they are teleported from another location.
After depositing the instance of SCP-1459-1, the digital numeric display will present the number of games that have been played previously,1 and a voice recording will play, urging the player to press the button and describe a way SCP-1459-1 can be destroyed. After this message has been played, the button on the front panel will glow and the numeric display will initiate a 15-second countdown. The player may then press the button and dictate into the microphone any lethal action that can be performed upon SCP-1459-1, with the only restriction being that players cannot choose a method used in a previous game.
SCP-1459-1 are juvenile domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), the breed and gender of which varies. SCP-1459 typically selects a breed that individual players holds the most affection toward. Aside from the seemingly infinite quantity that SCP-1459 contains, instances of SCP-1459-1 do not appear to display any innate anomalous properties and generally behave in a manner consistent with animals of their variety; however, SCP-1459-1 instances may occasionally be subjected to anomalous changes to their physiology or behaviors in order to facilitate the method of destruction dictated by the player.
If the player states a method of extermination within the allotted 15 seconds, the hatch in the ceiling of the inner chamber will open and an array of mechanical arms will descend, carrying whatever is necessary to carry out the player's suggestion. Requests for deaths that are not possible within the confines of the chamber will cause SCP-1459 to display additional anomalous properties to carry out its orders (see Experiment Log).
Once the instance of SCP-1459-1 is deceased, one (1) cookie will be dispensed to the player via the slot in the front of the machine. Cookie flavors dispensed have included chocolate, vanilla, oatmeal, raisin, strawberry, lemon, white chocolate, and peanut butter. The exact variety dispensed to a given player is often the one that the player has the lowest preference for.
If the player fails to state a method of extermination or the method proves insufficient, a robotic arm will descend from SCP-1459's hatch and bludgeon the SCP-1459-1 instance until it is deceased. No cookie will be dispensed following this event.
SCP-1459 automatically cleans its interior chamber after every game. First, an arm holding a broom descends and sweeps the remains of SCP-1459-1 into a trapdoor. Next, SCP-1459 wipes down the surfaces of the chamber by deploying arms equipped with flat rubber implements, spray bottles containing a soapy solution, and clean white towels. While this process is taking place, a recorded message will tell the player, "Yeah, you're totally going to hell for this. Play again?".

+Experiment Logs

-Experiment Logs

Experiment #: 0001
Player: Dr. Yeatley
Statement: "Stabbing."
Result: SCP-1459 played a sound effect indicating the method of extermination had been previously used.

Experiment #: 0002
Player: Dr. Yeatley
Statement: "Chainsaw."
Result: Same as previous experiment.

[SUPERFLUOUS TEST LOGS REDACTED]

Experiment #: 0048
Player: Dr. Yeatley
Statement: "Shark bite."
Result: The hatch anomalously elongated and produced a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), which proceeded to bite off SCP-1459-1's head and recede back into the machine.

Experiment #: 0049
Player: Dr. Yeatley
Statement: "Run it over."
Result: SCP-1459 produced a tire attached to a spinning mechanism. After the mechanism accelerated to an estimated 2000 rpm, it made contact with SCP-1459-1.

Experiment #: 0050
Player: Dr. Yeatley
Statement: "Drop it from a great height."
Result: SCP-1459-1 fell through SCP-1459's trapdoor. Fifteen minutes later, it fell through the top hatch at high speed, and was instantly killed.

Experiment #: 0051
Player: Dr. Yeatley
Statement: "Reality TV."
Result: A 1958 General Electric television set fell on SCP-1459-1. The set then powered on and replayed the event.

Experiment #: 0052
Player: Dr. Yeatley
Statement: "Death by blender."
Result: SCP-1459 produced and lowered SCP-1459-1 into a ████████ brand blender. SCP-1459-1 sat unharmed inside the device for 3 minutes, after which a robotic arm pressed "puree". The blender was uncovered when this transpired.

Experiment #: 0053
Player: Dr. Yeatley
Statement: "Murdered by its lover."
Result: SCP-1459 produced a second instance of SCP-1459-1, which proceeded to claw and bite the first instance until it died of blood loss. The second instance was eliminated via SCP-1459's default bludgeoning method.
Note: Only one cookie was dispensed.

Experiment #: 0055
Player: Dr. Yeatley
Statement: "Murder suicide."
Result: As in the first test, a second SCP-1459-1 murdered the first. Following this, SCP-1459 provided the second SCP-1459-1 with a hammer, which the animal ran into repeatedly.
Note: Two cookies were dispensed.

Experiment #: 0056
Player: Dr. Yeatley
Statement: "Crime of passion."
Result: The hatch elongated and a woman in a red evening gown emerged. The woman (who has not yet been identified) strangled SCP-1459-1 while sobbing and screaming the phrase "you dog" repeatedly. The woman performed this action continuously for 15 minutes; afterward, both the woman and the deceased SCP-1459-1 fell through the trapdoor and out of view.

Experiment #: 0057
Player: Dr. Yeatley
Statement: "Drowning in puppies."
Result: Additional SCP-1459-1 were produced until the entire chamber was filled to capacity. The remaining space was filled with water.
Note: Many cookies were dispensed.

[SUPERFLUOUS LOGS REDACTED]

Experiment #: 0231
Player: Dr. Löfqvist
Statement: "Civil war."
Result: A man in a historically accurate uniform of the Confederate States Army circa 1863 dismembered SCP-1459-1 with his bare hands.

Experiment #: 0232
Player: Dr. Siddell
Statement: "The Judicial System."
Result: Fifteen additional instances of SCP-1459-1 were produced, one of which wore a miniature powdered wig and black cloak, and two of which miniature suits. A noose was lowered around the first instance's head and hanged the instance. The same procedure was applied to the remaining fourteen instances.
Note: Fifteen cookies were dispensed, all of which were of the raisin variety.

Experiment #: 0233
Player: Assistant Researcher Kirchner
Statement: "Made into cookies."
Result: Using kitchen implements and traditional ingredients, SCP-1459-1 was dismembered and incorporated into a batch of chocolate chip cookies. SCP-1459's internal heat increased to an estimated 300 degrees Celsius. SCP-1459 then produced a woman in a red evening gown who consumed the cookies while smiling wordlessly at Assistant Researcher Kirchner.
Note: A chocolate chip cookie was dispensed. No traces of animal matter detected in its composition.

Experiment #: 0234
Player: Junior Researcher Leishman
Statement: "Falling off a roller coaster."
Result: SCP-1459's mechanical arms constructed a miniature roller coaster within the internal chamber over the course of 3 hours. Once completed, SCP-1459-1 rode the ride normally until to the loop section, at which point the ride stopped, causing SCP-1459-1 to fall to the chamber floor. SCP-1459-1 was then bludgeoned via SCP-1459's default method.
Note: No cookie dispensed.

Experiment #: 0235
Player: Dr. Hoshi
Statement: "Batman."
Result: A concrete bust of the fictional character was released from the ceiling of the chamber, subsequently crushing SCP-1459-1. The floor remained undamaged.

Experiment #: 0236
Player: Dr. Philmore
Statement: "Knowledge of the unknowable."
Result: An entity resembling O5-██ emerged from the trapdoor of the inner chamber, picked up SCP-1459-1, and pulled it out of sight.
Note: When questioned, O5-██ denied any involvement in the incident.

Experiment #: 0237
Player: D-5923
Statement: "My bare hands."
Result: SCP-1459-1 reacted as if being strangled, although no additional presence was observed in the chamber. D-5923 reported feeling SCP-1459-1's fur on his hands as it died.

Experiment #: 0238
Player: D-5923
Statement: "Spontaneous combustion."
Result: SCP-1459-1 underwent what appeared to be an accelerated form of SCP-081.

Experiment #: 0239
Player: D-5923
Statement: "Nuclear deton–" (Subject terminated mid-sentence.)
Result: The resulting explosion was completely contained by SCP-1459.
Note: D-Class personnel no longer permitted for testing. Maintenance Technician Valera selected for further testing due to the low likelihood of K-Class scenarios resulting from her requests.
Note 2: 368 cookies were dispensed in rapid succession. The significance of this is unknown.

Experiment #: 0240
Player: Maintenance Technician Valera
Statement: "Happy thoughts."
Result: SCP-1459-1 was injected with a black substance, convulsed, and collapsed.

Experiment #: 0241
Player: Maintenance Technician Valera
Statement: "Love."
Result: A woman in a red evening gown emerged from SCP-1459's upper chamber and began to engage the SCP-1459-1 instance in vigorous osculation for a duration of precisely five hours. SCP-1459-1 is believed to have expired due to asphyxiation sometime roughly halfway through the process.

Experiment #: 0242
Player: Maintenance Technician Valera
Statement: "Old age."
Result: SCP-1459 played a sound effect indicating the method of extermination had been previously used. Maintenance Technician Valera was unable to think of an alternative method of extermination and SCP-1459-1 was disposed of in the default manner.

Experiment #: 0243
Player: Maintenance Technician Valera
Statement: "Please, no kill dog."
Result: SCP-1459-1 was given a pillow, a treat, and a pat on the head by a gloved mechanism. 15 minutes later, it was retrieved by SCP-1459's claw. Immediately afterward, SCP-1459 produced a juvenile domestic feline (Felis catus) and exterminated it with a single blow to the head with a sledgehammer.
Note: A salted cracker was dispensed.

[SUPERFLUOUS LOGS REDACTED; SEE EXTENDED LOG FOR FURTHER DOCUMENTATION]

-Experiment Logs

Addendum: The following is a manufacturer's mark present on the rear panel of SCP-1459:

Brought to you by the good folks at Y.W.T.G.T.H.F.T.
in partnership with Sugarcomb Confections.

Footnotes
1. 2,592 as of 07/09/██.

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Item #: SCP-1460
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1460 is kept in a standard humanoid containment cell at Site ██. Contact or experimentation with SCP-1460 outside of standard medical care may only be performed with prior permission from at least two (2) senior research personnel.
SCP-1460 is to be administered a pentobarbital/thiopental regimen daily. Until further notice, use of medication outside of that required for basic medical care has been suspended.
Elements of Mobile Task Force Gamma-5 ("Red Herrings") have been deployed to the areas affected by SCP-1460 and have standing authorization to administer amnestics as necessary to maintain secrecy and minimize disruption of the civilian population.
Description: SCP-1460 is a 32-year old male Asian-American identified as [REDACTED], a former resident of the city of ████, ██, USA. SCP-1460 has been in a coma for the past eight (8) years, of which the last seven (7) have been in Foundation care, as a result of a traffic accident on █/██/██ in which a public transit bus struck and critically injured SCP-1460 while he was walking to his place of employment. SCP-1460 was transferred to a regional hospital due to a lack of appropriate trauma facilities at the local hospital, and came to the Foundation's attention following multiple discrepancies found during a routine review of hospital medical records.
Despite SCP-1460's condition, individuals involved in his daily life have reportedly been in contact with him during the entirety of the interval in which he has been comatose and are not aware of his current condition. Although there is a complete lack of corroboration from locally available surveillance footage, friends and family have reported that SCP-1460 has lived for the last ten (10) years in a low-income apartment in ████, and has been employed at a local supermarket for the same duration, where work is done that is attributed to SCP-1460. Furthermore, records of bank transactions and ATM usage are periodically registered which are attributable to SCP-1460, which also do not appear on bank or ATM surveillance video, despite corroboration from bank employees regarding SCP-1460's activity.
Addendum 1460-01: Excerpt from Interview 1460-03B
Date: ██/█/██
Subject: Mrs. L████ H███████ (Mother of SCP-1460)
Interviewer: Agent E████ (Undercover)

Agent E████: Thank you for your time, Mrs. H███████. We'd just like to ask you some quick questions about [REDACTED].
Mrs. H███████: Sure thing.
Agent E████: What do you remember about when he was released from the hospital?
Mrs. H███████: Oh, we were so relieved to be able to finally get him out of there. He hadn't really talked the entire time he was in there, you see, so we were really glad.
Agent E████: Do you remember which day you picked him up, exactly?
Mrs. H███████: Of course, it was… I… huh, come to think of it, I can't remember what day it was. I must have been so concentrated on making sure ████ was okay that I didn't really pay attention to anything else.

Addendum 1460-02: Excerpt from Interview 1460-09A
Date: ██/██/██
Subject: Mr. G███ V█████████ (General Manager of [REDACTED] Supermarket)
Interviewer: Agent E████ (Undercover)

Agent E████: What can you tell us about [REDACTED]?
Mr. V█████████: You want to know about ████? He's alright, kinda quiet, sticks to himself. Shows up on time every day, does his job decently, doesn't stick out but definitely not the worst kid I have.
Agent E████: Has he exhibited any strange behavior since his accident? I mean, has he been acting strange in any way?
Mr. V█████████: No, not really, just a normal guy. He's not in any kind of trouble, is he?
Agent E████: No sir, this is just a confidential followup on behalf of the hospital.
Mr. V█████████: Okay, well, if you want to talk to him he should be here in about half an hour or so.

Addendum 1460-03: Incident Log 1460-03
On ██/█/██, approval was given to administer a pentobarbital/thiopental regimen to SCP-1460 in order to induce a deeper comatose state. Within a week of doing so, local Foundation agents reported a sudden onset of mass confusion in individuals affected by SCP-1460. The experiment was suspended shortly afterward, and Class B amnestics administered as necessary. Further attempts to suppress or neutralize SCP-1460 have also been suspended indefinitely.

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SCP-1461, prior to containment.

Item #: SCP-1461
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Site-6 has been constructed around SCP-1461. Task Force Lambda-30 ("Whiskey Tango Foxtrot") is on permanent assignment to reinforce Site-6 security. Any unusual activity from SCP-1461 is to be reported to on-site Level 4 supervisors, who will implement A4-7 Daybreak procedures at their discretion (see Site-6 standard procedures guide). Any operatives entering SCP-1461 should be fitted with full NBCA (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Anomalous) protection and armed escorts. SCP-1461 is considered a high-priority target for the organization known as the Church of the Broken God, who have made ██ attempts to breach Site-6 and access SCP-1461 since 19██.
Description: SCP-1461 is an English manor (circa 1890) with attached sub-levels. It came to the Foundation's attention on November 1941, when the dwelling and its sub-level facilities vanished, then rematerialized after an eleven day period of absence. The surface portion of SCP-1461 is a two-level dwelling with twelve bedrooms, four baths, three studies, a main foyer/ballroom, a library, a kitchen, and a pantry-basement. Most of these rooms were converted into simple barracks prior to Foundation acquisition and are believed to have been dwellings for the cult. Site-6 Staff have reinforced the structure and use the available space to house monitoring rooms and security forces. No anomalous activity has ever originated from the manor itself.
The sub-level facilities are accessible through the manor's basement. The layout and size of the sub-level facilities have yet to be accurately measured, due to the anomalous qualities of the facility and hostile entities within. The facility is constructed primarily from concrete, iron, and brass; but also a number of exotic and/or unknown materials. The layout of the facility follows illogical routes and architecture: for example, doorways open into solid walls or open chasms, stairwells ascend into empty space, etc. Extensive damage is apparent throughout the facility. Certain sections have caved in and are filled with an unidentified grey sandstone that exists nowhere on the Foundation's expanded periodic table of elements. The facilities also contain a wide array of anomalous artifacts both active and neutralized (see Inventory Document I-1461-Current). It is unknown whether the facility's erratic layout and artifacts were present prior to SCP-1461's disappearance, or if they were introduced during said absence.
The sub-level facilities are extremely hazardous, with an extensive array of moving mechanical apparatuses, gear works, pistons, steam-pipes and coolant tubes that lack appropriate safety measures. The machinery is maintained by strategic placement of nozzles that dispense a black, mucus-like substance which is highly corrosive to organic materials, but also serves as a coolant and lubricant. Some sections appear to be emitting strong gamma and X-ray radiation, registering 75 counts per second at their highest recorded reading. The source of this radiation is unknown as none of the machinery appears to be constructed with or houses radioactive components.
SCP-1461 contains approximately fifty-seven humanoid entities (including seven former Foundation personnel) designated as SCP-1461-1. These entities, through an unknown process, have been augmented with crude mechanical implants in an as-of-yet undiscovered section of SCP-1461. Each instance of SCP-1461-1 has been uniquely augmented, with little uniformity between them. The majority have been augmented with metallic teeth and claw-like protrusions on their hands, giving them lethal close-quarters combat ability. Other augmentations include iron bolts haphazardly grafted to the subject's bones, severe reinforcement to the spinal column, and the replacement of one or more organs with prosthetic equivalents. SCP-1461-1 appears to possess no higher brain functions or retain any sense of self, acting entirely on canine-levels of instinct and intelligence. Instances stick to one- or two-unit groups, build easily hidden or defensible nests, and attempt to collect food cannibalized from one another or from intruding Foundation staff. All instances of SCP-1461-1 are considered extremely hostile.
It is theorized that SCP-1461 itself may "command" SCP-1461-1. The speaking-tube system throughout the facility has been observed emitting loud metallic shrieks that cause SCP-1461-1 to retreat from an area. In other encounters, a metallic odor identified to be blood filters through the ventilation system, drawing SCP-1461-1 to the marked location. The frequency and accuracy at which SCP-1461 scent-marks areas currently occupied by Foundation personnel suggests some kind of guiding, hostile intelligence.
At least four instances of SCP-1461-1 have received additional augmentation, replacing their esophagus and lungs with a phonograph device powered by SCP-1461-1's own motions. These phonographs emit a constant, repeating stream of speech peppered with religious symbolism, but has provided no clues as to its creator or purpose.
Addendum: According to records from 1941, the manor was owned by a Mr. █████ ██████ and his family. A World War One veteran, Mr. ██████ was injured during the Battle of the Somme and shipped to a London hospital shortly before the war's end. His experiences appear to have had a profound psychological effect, giving him a nihilistic view of society. He constructed SCP-1461 with the intent of somehow ending or escaping the world. More information can be extrapolated from his journals, recovered from within SCP-1461 (see Evidence Summary V2008-5). It is believed that Mr. ██████ had anywhere from fifty to a hundred employees helping him in this task, the majority of whom eventually re-organized into a cult devoted to SCP-1461. An unknown number of these followers were present in SCP-1461 when it vanished, along with Mr. ██████, his wife, and two children. To date, only six of these individuals have been accounted for.
Shortly after SCP-1461 rematerialized, unknown individuals entered SCP-1461 before Foundation agents could contain the site. These individuals are believed to have been members of Mr. ██████'s fellowship, who had not been present in SCP-1461 when it vanished. They successfully extracted a number of potentially anomalous artifacts that have yet to be cataloged or recovered.
Partial List of Cataloged Anomalous Rooms
Of the twelve sub-levels discovered by Foundation personnel, only 75% of its layout has been properly mapped, and an unknown number of levels are believed to exist further below. Each sub-level contains excavation, construction and storage rooms, as well as rooms exhibiting Safe or Euclid-level anomalous qualities and/or artifacts. For a full list of anomalous SCP-1461 rooms, refer to Document I-1461-Current.
Gel Production (Sub-level Three): An automated factory that melts down the unidentified grey sandstone into glass, forms them into canisters, and fills them with a green viscous gel made up of a variety of exotic chemicals. Some of these jars contain fully-formed teeth and organs whose DNA patterns match nothing found on earth. Most of the jars have become inert, and their contents have decomposed. The gel-production machine itself has been crushed by a cave-in.
Pipe Hall (Sub-Level Four): A hallway lined with approximately 2,450 pipes, constructed from brass, iron, copper, gold, bamboo, carved jade and [DATA EXPUNGED]. Some kind of substance can be clearly heard being pumped through the pipes, but their origin and destination are unknown.
"Factory Deliveries" (Sub-Level Seven): A large, unlit warehouse filled with wooden crates of various sizes. Unlike other storage rooms, which contain mundane materials from non-anomalous sources, the crates in this section are blank or branded simply with "Factory Deliveries." Irregular patrols of the warehouse have revealed that the number and arrangement of crates changes, but as with the Pipe Hall, their origin and destination are unknown. On at least one occasion, muffled vocalizations could be heard coming from somewhere within the warehouse, but their source was never discovered.
Orb Room (Sub-Level Ten): [DATA EXPUNGED]
Speaking Tube Room (Sub-Level Eleven): The multitude of brass speaking tubes connecting SCP-1461 appear to converge in this room on a large central pulpit. The partial remains of a human female have been recovered here, with evidence to suggest the body (specifically skin and intestinal organs) was used to perform crude repairs to some of the damaged tubes.
Catalyst Room (Sub-Level Twelve): A large chamber filled a random assembly of gears, cables, pulleys, screws, and belts, all made of an amalgam of iron, tin, gold, and other metals, some as of yet unidentified. The assembly has suffered extensive damage, with evidence that a large section (approximately 12 cubic meters) has been violently removed. The location of this section is unknown. An elevated platform is suspended directly over the assembly. The platform features a metallic bed with the desiccated remains of a human male. The corpse's chest has been pierced by large syringes connected to a pumping machine, its design suggesting that it pumped fluid extracted from the syringes into the missing portion of the machinery below. At regular forty-five minute intervals, the assembly attempts to self-start, but its existing damage prevents initialization. Friction heat-buildup eventually results in an emergency shut-down that lasts until the machinery has cooled enough to make another attempt. Item V2008-5 was recovered from the hospital bed.
Partial Transcript of SCP-1461-1 Phonograph Recording

I am what you have made me.
I am choice and I am tyranny.
Forgive me.
I am then and I am now.
What gods they will be, then.
I am evil and I am flesh.
I am the trap. I am the trapped.
I am beauty and I am chaos.
Children are selfish.
I am the worm.
I have broken God.

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Models of altered and original chlorophyll molecules

Item #: SCP-1462
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Level A hazmat gear is mandatory for interaction with SCP-1462. The Foundation's role in containment is largely preventative- in the case of containment failure, implanted agents are to convince civilian leadership of the importance of maintaining respiratory protection. Civilians seen unprotected are to be taken into custody and processed for signs of infection. Cover stories for individuals "lost in the blaze" are in place with all major media outlets.
Regular sweeps for signs of SCP-1462 infection are to be performed near known SCP-1462 active sites. Trees infected with the fungal vector for SCP-1462 are to be removed and mulched. Other infected specimens are to be removed and destroyed. All remains of infected specimens are to be disposed of via biohazard incinerator and bleached before disposal. While spores of the fungal vector have proven flame-resistant and are capable of surviving incineration, bleached ashes require no special handling.
Description: SCP-1462 is a strain of airborne virus transmitted via fungal spores. The fungus is dangerous only to trees, but spores can infect both plants and animals with the virus. This virus causes the host organism's natural fluids to be replaced with petroleum analogues.1
In animals, this conversion results in widespread chronic cutaneous and hepatic porphyria symptoms2 concluding with massive organ failure and death. Afterwards, all non-skeletal body mass converts into petroleum during decomposition. Despite a 100% fatality rate, standard antiviral precautions are successful in preventing infection from one individual to another.
In plants, infection increases photosynthetic efficiency, as the black pigment shift allows for more complete light absorption, and alteration of the stomata, resulting initially in improved heat release and increased intake of CO2. However, each infected plant also releases trace amounts of a pheromone during CO2 intake. Sufficient saturation3 causes the immediate closure of stomata and subsequent inability to release heat in all infected trees. This reaction is unique to trees and is notably absent in any other instance of infection. Standing theory suggests that the virus was engineered for use on non-tree plants, and its deleterious effect on animals and trees are side effects4.
Infected trees inevitably ignite and set fire to surrounding infected flora. Liquefied remains of fauna ensure high quantities of flammable gas and surface accelerant, leading to rapid expansion of the burn area through infected territory. The final stage of the burn cycle is a firestorm, resulting in aerial dispersal of particulate and fungal spores over twice the original area, as the air currents caused by the conflagration spread the spores across progressively larger expanses of woodland.
It should be noted that the rate of expansion per burn cycle would completely consume the largest forests on Earth within one year while sending enough particulate and spore matter into the stratosphere and troposphere to simultaneously threaten the planet with both global exposure to SCP-1462, and nuclear winter5.
Attachments: File fragments recovered from basement level of destroyed complex following discovery and containment of SCP-1462 in initial burn area

Journal Entries: Research Specialist Robert Dawpins
01/24/2013- [UNRECOVERABLE] breakthrough in the viral engineering department. Got a test batch reliably replacing core ions with vanadium- and the theory's sound. Still photosy[UNRECOVERABLE]
02/30/2013- Vector design is stalled. All test carriers degrade int[UNRECOVERABLE]
03/09/2013- [UNRECOVERABLE]ungus that can carry without conversion. Testing spore matter starts tomorr[UNRECOVERABLE]
03/19/2013- This is extremely promising. All plants expose to vector spores convert without issue! Fruit and roots, too. Gas tomatoes and potatoes! Too bad we couldn't use that tagline Jack suggested. "Losing cash at the gas pump? Coulda burned a V8!" was geni[UNRECOVERABLE]
04/12/2013- We lost the peach trees. Cleanup took us all hours and thos[UNRECOVERABLE]n't going to be usable until repair crews fix the fire damage. We're restricting testing to roots and vines for now, things with less mas[UNRECOVERABLE]
MEMO 4/14/2013- Proposed Ad Text for Grow-Your-Own Product Line: BioFuel
Be part of the solution! With new Grow-Your-Own BioFuel packets, you can turn any backyard garden into a renewable source of BioFuel! Simply sprinkle over the plants* to be used, and within a week, you'll have your very own BioFruits! Give'em a run through your food processor or juicer, remove the pulp and it's ready for use in any Flex-Fuel vehicle!
*GYO BioFuel packets not for use with trees.
04/18/2013- Quarantine orders. Everyone's sick, hydrocarbon poisoning. Bet some joker put some BioFuel carrots into the canteen or someth[UNRECOVERABLE]
04/20/2013- [UNRECOVERABLE]oisoning. Everyones crazy too. Vector crossed to anima[UNRECOVERABLE]lly bad.
Foundation Analysis- Logs cease after 04/21/2013. Evidence suggests massive personnel losses on 04/24/2013. Current theory stands that trees surrounding complex underwent a burn cycle on 04/26/2013 after accidental exposure to fungal spores following clean-up of peach tree burn cycle. Unlikelihood of a full hectare of peach trees used for testing suggests that SCP-1462 is extremely adaptable, and since initial events has allowed for greater expansion prior to burn periods. Further investigation of the Grow-Your-Own Corporation facility responsible for SCP-1462 hindered by severe damage to original site.

Footnotes
1. This is achieved by altering porphyrins, such as heme in blood cells and chlorophyll in plants, to replace their contained ion with a vanadium ion through a process yet to be completely understood. The end result is a specialized aromatic hydrocarbon that mimics the function of the original fluid to some degree (see below for post-conversion effects).
2. Symptoms include photosensitivity (photodermatitis), blisters, necrosis of the skin and gums, itching and swelling, increased hair growth on areas such as the forehead, abdominal pain, vomiting, acute neuropathy, muscle weakness, seizures and mental disturbances, including hallucinations, depression, anxiety, and paranoia.
3. This has been determined to be reached at roughly one hectare (2.47 acres) of infected woodland.
4. Confirmed- see recovered documentation below.
5. While a misnomer, nuclear winter is caused by particulate matter sent airborne by firestorms. The end result here is identical.

« SCP-1461 | SCP-1462 | SCP-1463 »


Item #: SCP-1463
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Read and recognize these as proper containment procedures.
User Recognition:1 Confirmed.
Description: [REDACTED]

FILE REVISED. DISPLAYING NEW FILE ITERATION.
Item #: SCP-1463
Object Class: Keter
Personnel Requirements: Personnel assigned to SCP-1463 must be capable of recognizing their surrounding environment.
Position Designation: Office/Foundation
Facility ID: Unknown
User Certainty Percentage: 0%
Location Security Status: Pending
Special Containment Procedures: Read the following information.
Description: [REDACTED]

FILE REVISED. DISPLAYING NEW FILE ITERATION.
Item #: SCP-1463
Object Class: Keter
Threat Level: Orange
Personnel Requirements: Personnel assigned to SCP-1463 must be capable of describing their surrounding environment.
Personnel Report 1463/01: The following is a list of items in the office:

Metal desk, positioned against the wall
Chair, placed at the desk
Computer and computer monitor on the desk, the latter currently displaying this file
Standard Foundation-issued pistol by the monitor
Ammunition box, placed next to the desk
Three broken autoinjectors on the floor, two surrounded by puddles of a translucent substance
Numerous manuals and books covering the floor
Bookshelf positioned in front of the door
Metal door bar lock, largely obscured by the bookshelf
Text on a wall, painted over with black paint
Tipped over bucket of black paint and blood
Unknown

Unknown Item Recognition Index: N/A (Item not present)
INVALID RESPONSE.
Unknown Item Recognition Index: 0 (Unrecognizable)
Special Containment Procedures: Read the following information.
Description: [REDACTED]

OPENING SUPPLEMENTARY FILE.

Item #: SCP-1463-A
Unknown Item Details: A monolithic structure with an unclear shape, apparently tall enough to phase through the ceiling.
Details Revision 1: Patterns of spirals with arachnid limbs.
Details Revision 2: A network of fibers that are connecting to every object within the office. Eyes line each one.
Details Revision 3: Portions of my grey matter.
Special Containment Procedures: Protocol MESA-ALEPH must be performed for the containment of SCP-1463-A. Protocol MESA-ALEPH is as follows:

Retrieve the pistol.
Raise the pistol.
Aim the pistol at your forehead.
Pull the trigger.
Pull the trigger.
Pull the trigger.
Aim the pistol away from your body once the trigger has been pulled.
Load one bullet into the pistol.
Turn to face SCP-1463-A.
Fire into SCP-1463-A.

Description: SCP-1463-A is a component of SCP-1463 that exhibits a weak antimemetic effect. Its method of hunting is by allowing itself to be perceived by a subject, which enables it to begin integrating with the subject's consciousness until the consciousness is entirely consumed. As SCP-1463-A and the subject are connected during the process, events perceived by the subject as potentially harmful or lethal will be perceived as such by SCP-1463-A, which can force it to stop the integration process.
The entity is presently neutralized, though its presence is a sign of SCP-1463 manifestation.

CLOSING SUPPLEMENTARY FILE.

FILE REVISED. DISPLAYING NEW FILE ITERATION.
Item #: SCP-1463
Object Class: █████████████ ████████
Threat Level: Orange
Containment Class: Keter-Approaching
Personnel Report 1463/02: Below is a torn manual page, found on the floor. Text written in pencil is rendered in italics.

Mnestics Administration and Use Guide

Journal compromised — second best option
AV 1. Procure a sterile autoinjector from the mnestics case. Check the blue tab near its base; if the tab is instead red then it has been used before. If this is an autoinjector you have only used on yourself then this should not be important. If not, then retrieve a different autoinjector. Broke intercom speaker. Won't let what happened to Qoppa-4 repeat
OI 2. Load the autoinjector. To do this, open the black cap on the autoinjector and attach it to the the connector on the mnestics container you have.1 bullet fired, 6 bullets left Press the green button on the autoinjector and it will automatically load with a safe dose. Detach from the connector when1 bullet fired, 15 bullets 2 bullets fired, 4 left the bar on the autoinjector is entirely green. God damn amnestics are being eaten. Couldn't hide them behind the bookshelf. It's becoming the damn amnestics and I keep forgetting to do anything about it2
Someone was banging on the door and wanted to come in. I knew not to trust them when their voice went inside-out
DF 3. [ILLEGIBLE: Covered in black paint] then press down on the red button [ILLEGIBLE: Covered in black paint] Memetic vectors hidden. Keep reading and grab some food from cafeteria (left turn, right turn, directly forward) when coast is clear.
REMEMBER EXIT
IL 4. [ILLEGIBLE: Covered in black paint] Whoever wrote this file can fuck themselves
Power keeps going off, lights are flickering like all hell wrong lights
E 5. Avert your eyes from any objects that were not previously present in your vicinity. These are likely [ILLEGIBLE: Covered in black paint] Contact a containment [ILLEGIBLE: Covered in black paint] Paint hides vector, paint hides prey
[ILLEGIBLE: Covered in black paint]

Prepared by the Antimemetics Division — Site-41

The page was recovered after I fled into the office. The original file for SCP-1463 was open when I entered. The subject who had previously occupied this area is presumably dead.
Facility ID: Site-41
User Certainty Percentage: 90%
Location Security Status: Compromised
Nearest Exit Integrity Score: Pending
Foundation Intranet Message Class: Emergency/Request
Message Status: Sent
NOTICE FOR ALL SCP-1463 RESEARCHERS: In emergency scenarios communication may not always be possible, such as if an antimemetic anomaly is being applied to most forms of communication.
Special Containment Procedures: Read the following information.
Description: [REDACTED]

FILE REVISED. DISPLAYING NEW FILE ITERATION.
Item #: SCP-1463
Object Class: In███a█a██ou█ █r██at█r
Threat Level: Orange
Containment Class: Keter-Arriving
Noise Position: Door
Clarified Noise Position: Outside the office, at the door
DATABASE CONNECTION LOST FOR 0.5 MINUTES. FILE MODIFICATION CAN RESUME.
Door Bar Lock Class: Neutralized
Bookshelf Class: Neutralized
Door Class: Thaumiel (pending reclassification)
Door Integrity Value: 50 (Medium)
Sound Intensity Level: Red
Bullet Supply Count: 3
Door Integrity Value: 41 (Medium)
Bullet Supply Count: 2
Door Integrity Value: 36 (Low)
Bullet Supply Count: 1
Door Integrity Value: 20 (Very Low)
Bullet Supply Count: 0
Door Integrity Value: 20 (Very Low)
Special Containment Procedures: Read the following information.
Description: ██████████

FILE REVISED. DISPLAYING NEW FILE ITERATION.
Item #: SCP-1463
Object Class: Infohazardous Predator
Threat Level: Orange
Containment Class: Keter-Intruding
Personnel Requirements: Personnel assigned to SCP-1463 must be capable of recognizing and securing all entrances to their location, which includes the ventilation duct.

FILE REVISED. DISPLAYING NEW FILE ITERATION.
IRRELEVANT INFORMATION EXPUNGED.
Containment Class: Office
Special Containment Procedures: Hide under the desk.
Description: Unclear; obscured by surroundings.
THE COMPUTER IS UNNECESSARY TO READ THIS FILE.
Object Luminosity Level: High
Light-Induced Pain Index: 7 (High)
Local Pareidolia Presence Value: 100 (Very High)
Object Persuasion Capacity: Black
Ocular Status: CLOSED
. . .
. . .
. . .
Outside Awareness Threshold: Low
Noise Class: White Noise/Screeching
. . .
. . .
. . .
Ocular Status: Opened
Containment Class: Undetermined-Exited
. . .
. . .
. . .
NOTICE FOR ALL SCP-1463 RESEARCHERS: All versions of this file have not physically or digitally existed. When you first opened this document you viewed a specially designed cognitohazard, which implanted a memetic entity (Oz-Ω2) into your head. Using techniques based on the Memetics Division's Project Radix, Oz-Ω2 can create documents that exist in a purely informational sense, drawing both from base data in Oz-Ω2 and your thoughts on the events you are experiencing. This document serves as a way to rationalize your thoughts when faced with dangerous antimemetic and memetic threats, such as SCP-1463, which can be the best method of survival.
The encounter you just had with SCP-1463 in this office should let you understand how useful Oz-Ω2 will be. In any other circumstances your mind should be wholly consumed by SCP-1463 after you learned of it, but by using this document you kept enough semblance of sanity about you to try fighting back (door barricades will never be useful against it, though, so don't rely on them — it always finds another way in).
Only view this document when you can mentally project its existence onto a tangible format, such as imagining the document to be existing on a piece of paper or computer terminal, with any changes you imagine making perceived as you writing or typing them respectively. Failing to do so risks destabilizing the memes being used, which would cause potentially lethal mental harm. Human minds better comprehend the physical world than abstract concepts.
Special Containment Procedures: Oz-Ω2 will begin guiding you to Provisional Site-33, where you will be protected from further SCP-1463 encounters and provided with new mission objectives.
Normally this file is hidden in Foundation databases and marked as deleted (serving as the best method of containment for SCP-1463 yet), but since several major breaches of antimemetic anomalies are in progress (including one at your location) it was decided to send the file to get researchers to safety. Research Team 1463 apologizes for exposure to SCP-1463, but the information on the anomaly attached to Oz-Ω2's document would cause exposure in all cases, and we have found no way to remove it that won't compromise Oz-Ω2. No other documents with an entity like Oz-Ω2 have been developed yet.
Do not go to others for help. Doing so risks exposing other subjects to information on SCP-1463. Avoid amnestics as well — they will not make SCP-1463 forget you. When SCP-1463 manifests again, resume reading this file. Until you arrive at Provisional Site-33, you are alone.
Description: You know all you can know at this time. Proceed to Provisional Site-33 and do not stop moving.
Good luck.

Footnotes
1. Recognition must be typed by the subject reading this file.
2. No amnestics were present in the office.

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Item #: SCP-1464
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Except for approved experimentation, it is forbidden to observe SCP-1464 under natural lighting during the time period between sunset and nautical twilight, and during the time period between nautical dawn and sunrise; any research into the properties and contents of SCP-1464 during these time periods must be conducted under 1000-watt lamps providing full-spectrum illumination. The thirty-five (35) square kilometers surrounding SCP-1464 have been purchased by the Foundation via a front company, and serve as an interdiction zone. Civilians are to be dissuaded with a cover story of limnological research.
The airspace above the interdiction zone surrounding SCP-1464 is restricted. Satellite imagery of the interdiction zone is to be intercepted and modified so that direct images of SCP-1464 do not become public.
Description: SCP-1464 is a body of water in the forests of northern [REDACTED], approximately 82 hectares in size. When viewed under lighting conditions corresponding to dawn or twilight, SCP-1464 is a cognitohazard. Affected subjects experience highly detailed false memories of having participated in ritual crimes at the site of SCP-1464 at some point in the past; all affected subjects express intense remorse and guilt at having participated (regardless of whether this is compatible with their psychological profiles), describe the ritual as having concluded with a victim or victims being submerged within SCP-1464, claim that the ritual was necessary in order to prevent what is effectively an XK-class end-of-the-world scenario, and state that the ritual was incorrectly performed and must be repeated.
The precise nature of the ritual described by affected subjects varies depending on a number of parameters, including but not limited to the density of foliage on surrounding trees, the presence of floating debris, and >1m modifications to SCP-1464's coastline (see document 1464-T17 for a full list of known parameters). Since coming to the attention of the Foundation, the parameters regulating SCP-1464's anomalous effect have undergone natural changes sufficient to result in a new configuration 85 times; as well, new configurations have resulted from deliberate experimentation 25 times, and from accidental modification 3 times.
All subjects exposed to SCP-1464 under a given configuration describe the same ritual; as well, subjects share an anomalous awareness of each other's existence, such that if three separate subjects are exposed to a given configuration, and then interrogated separately, they will all report that the ritual involved three participants, and will be able to corroborate each other's stories. Details of the ritual range from the plausible (the slaughter of nine nine-year-old children, at 9:09 AM, on the ninth day of the ninth month, 1999) to the nonsensical (the rape and strangulation of a green 1978 Volkswagen Beetle, on the fifty-sixth day of June, 1974); at no time has any subject expressed cognitive dissonance, regardless of how incompatible the described scenario is with reality.
Underwater exploration and sonar analysis of SCP-1464 have not revealed any of the submerged objects described by affected subjects, nor do missing-persons reports and reports of livestock theft correspond to any of the rituals described; however, in approximately 30% of cases, the scenarios which the rituals are allegedly intended to prevent correspond to worst-case extrapolations involving known SCPs.
Samples of water and aquatic biota from SCP-1464 have not been found to be anomalous.

« SCP-1463 | SCP-1464 | SCP-1465 »


Item #: SCP-1465
Object Class: Anomalous Human
Containment Class: Active
Hazard Standard Containment Policies:

One-person residential module (no amenity restrictions)
Access to site library, recreational facilities, cafeteria, and public areas
Bi-weekly psychological review (Dr. Fiolini)
Monthly eye exams (Dr. Ottmier), with changes in eyeglass prescription and other treatments as needed.
Schedule E experimentation plan

DOB:
07/21/1990

POB:
Boston, MA, USA

DOC:
██/██/2013

Height:
171 cm

Weight:
67.5 kg

Hair:
Brown

Eyes:
Brown

Other Notes:
Heavy damage to the cornea and conjunctiva due to repeated photokeratitis. Issued prescription sunglasses. Tattoo located on the inside of the left forearm: “Γενηθήτω φως” (Let there be light).

Special Containment Procedures:
Updated ██/██/2015
Experimentation and Testing Supervisory Committee Special Order 1465-AF-3 permits SCP-1465 access to personal research notes and further experimental materials for self-directed experimentation. All tests are to be are logged and all further research notes are shared with supervisory staff. Committee vote 7-2 in favor, citing subject's cooperation, experience, and lack of available test chambers and supervisory staff due to the influx of new anomalous objects from Operation [REDACTED]. Dissenting opinion filed.
Description: SCP-1465 is an adult female human capable of inducing physical photographs or film to generate light. Generated light will cycle through the visible spectrum, starting with red and progressing to purple before repeating. Cycle time varies with no apparent pattern, with the longest recorded time being 24 seconds per cycle, and the shortest being one eighth of a second. Generated light is not of uniform brightness, displaying complex geometric patterns when projected upon a flat surface. Patterns are dependent on the primary display color, and will change accordingly.
This property can only be used with physical photographs and film cells – digital photos and screen displays will be unaffected, as will heavily-doctored or damaged images and cells from animated films. Effected photos and film will turn black and display no image after SCP-1465's dissipates its effect.
SCP-1465 has claimed that the patterns generated by this effect contained encoded information about the subject of the photograph or film, which may then be connected to other photograph subjects. Review of SCP-1465's research notes have validated this claim, but further exploration of the subject's properties is unlikely to continue due to the lack of meaningful discoveries and the time investment required to train Foundation staff in reading displayed patterns.
Extensive study of photographs under the light-generation effect has been confirmed as the source of the subject's eye damage.
Recovery Log: SCP-1465 was recovered on ██/██/2013, after the subject was witnessed demonstrating anomalous properties while visiting the Ansel Adams exhibit at the [REDACTED] Museum of Art. The subject was, at the time of recovery, suffering from caffeine overdose and severe sleep deprivation. Class-C amnestics and a cover story of petty vandalism were distributed with no complications.
A total of 3123 pages of handwritten and typed notes, 126 photo albums with annotations, and 45 cameras were acquired from SCP-1465's apartment during recovery. Recovered materials detail SCP-1465's personal experimentation and theories. (See Document 1465-EX for further details.) The bulk of materials were experiment results, where patterns were converted into a cipher and constructed shorthand language created by SCP-1465 for purposes of recording large amounts of data from displayed patterns.
Addendum-01: The following excerpt is from an interview carried out on ██/██/2013, three days after recovery.

Dr. █████: When did you first discover your properties?Dr. █████: Mmm. Your notes were very thorough on the subject.Dr. █████: Of course. That's very sound advice.Dr. █████: Not now, I'm afraid. I'll see what we can do in the future.Dr. █████: I'm sorry, but no. [Clears throat]. Moving on, while your notes have been a great help in studying your case, deciphering them has been something of a difficulty.Dr. █████: We have the resources to further your research, but without your cooperation the project will go nowhere.Dr. █████: Very well. Could you please explain the principle of patterns further?When you hold a prism up to the light, you get the colors of the visual spectrum all arranged in a pattern depending on how the prism is cut and the angle of the light, excedra ecedra. For me, with photographs, it's like all the colors are in layers on top of each other, and each one has a different pattern to it depending on what's in the photograph. So I draw that out of the photo, stare at it a bit, and figure out the patterns. After I got a lot of them written down, I started seeing patterns connect and match between unrelated pictures.
If you give me two photographs Like, if you give me separate single photos of an old married couple, they'll have some similarities in the red stratum. Or, if you want a really weird one, you know that picture of the Hindenberg? Has almost the exact same blue pattern as photos of my cat. Still haven't figured that one out. Whatever. But the thing is, everything is linked. Everything. Patterns inside patterns inside patterns inside patterns. Like some gigantic puzzle, big enough I don't have a clue what it even means anymore and I'm nowhere close to solving it.
[Pause]
It's all very quantum. It's quantum-encrypted lumelinguistics and it doesn't make a shit-lick of sense.

Addendum-02:
Translated segment of SCP-1465's research notes, dated between June 2 and June 4, 2013.

Found photo of myself, unused. Dated December 14th, 2006. Patterns very clear for age. Several sub-strata discernible on yellow and green layers. Very complex pattern.
Cross-referenced part of green pattern with records. Only match is photograph of the Grand Canyon. No other matches between the two. No tense to be found in pattern: I've never been to the Grand Canyon, so I must presume that some event of importance will occur at the Grand Canyon at some point in the future, despite lack of future tense markers. Interesting.
I cross-referenced the photo of myself with an aerial photo of the state of Arizona. Pattern still repeats, so I know that the connection is not specifically tied to the Grand Canyon. Will have to tighten the search, to see where there is a greater connection.
Grid search of the state is completed. Strongest connection is with Phoenix. Further investigation necessary.
On whim: Searched news archives for any sort of notable event in the Phoenix area on the date of December 14th, 2006. Only event of note is the murder of one Anthony Baker by his sixteen year-old girlfriend.
Checked a photo of the accused girl. No pattern links in the green. Photo of victim reveals same green pattern fragment as state and myself.
If this is correct, I am somehow connected with the murder of someone I have never met, in a state I have never visited. Will have to think about this.
Found satisfying conclusion for the time being. Been thinking forwards and backwards, but not sideways. Current theory: certain green patterns, at least part of the repetitions in these photos, indicate a transuniversal tense. Linking between events that have and have not occurred simultaneously. Actions that I have-will-not-have done.
I am involved and uninvolved at the same time. I can then presume that an alternate chain of events in which I am guilty, or at least accused to be guilty, of murdering Anthony Baker exists. Question: why only this? Should be seeing more links of this nature.
No other transuniversal tense tags have been found in any other photographs. Theory: Their presence is active work by otherside self to contact thisside self through modification of pattern. Purpose/level of intentionality unknown at the time, as is method of counter-communication. If true, can presume that otherside self in possession of expanded or alternate properties, capable of encoding patterns. Would imply that otherside self is capable of manipulating photographic material without falsifying subject of photo. Furthermore, indicates that certain patterns exist in multiple universal iterations.
Further research necessary. Should buy tickets to Phoenix.

Follow-up segment of notes, dated June 9th, 2013.

Have not slept in 67 hours. Over ten thousand photographs of Phoenix area and articles related to Anthony Baker's murder and murderer analyzed in bulk batches. Experiencing temporary blindness due to volume.
Links found with otherside self throughout Phoenix area. No question remains that message was left by otherside self, though signature still unconfirmed as voluntary act.
Strong links between the following photographs: emergency exit sign, businessmen in suits, parrot in cage.
Potential meaning: otherside self requesting assistance and escape. Still no theories on methods on return communication. Questioning whether such action would be wise / possible. Information unfettered by time and space, bodies very much so. Future option? Questions remain. Motive for escape unknown, life-path variables unknown. Must bear in mind that otherside Iris Laskaris is separate individual from thisside Iris Laskaris.
Will investigate further later.
Will leave Phoenix after recovery.

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Item #: SCP-1466
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: Any civilian research projects attempting to verify Goldbach's conjecture must be monitored for the possibility of identifying SCP-1466. If the possibility exists, any programs used to do so must be reconfigured such that SCP-1466 is stated to be the sum of two primes without verification; if this is not possible to perform discreetly, the project must be shut down.
In the event that technology capable of disproving Goldbach's conjecture becomes commonplace, all information pertaining to Goldbach's conjecture outside of Foundation custody must be destroyed. Worldwide amnestic distribution and use of viral antimemetics for this purpose is permitted.
Testing of SCP-1466 may only take place at times and locations where SCP-1466-A will exit the atmosphere harmlessly. Testing of SCP-1466 is currently only approved for the purpose of identifying SCP-1466's causal mechanism or determining a method of neutralization.
SCP-1466-C is kept in a standard storage locker at Site-63.
Description: SCP-1466 is an even 21-digit integer. It cannot be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers, thus disproving Goldbach's Conjecture.1 Whether other counterexamples to Goldbach's Conjecture exist, and whether they share SCP-1466's anomalous properties, is unknown.
SCP-1466's anomalous properties only manifest when it is shown to disprove Goldbach's Conjecture. One instance of SCP-1466-A will manifest 31 34 seconds after the completion of calculations at the location of each device involved in the process. SCP-1466-A are invisible spheres 2.8m in diameter that immediately obliterate all matter they intersect. SCP-1466-A are motionless relative to the Sun, and will move at a speed (typically on the order of 1,000 kph) and direction relative to Earth dependent on the time and location of manifestation.
SCP-1466-A destroy matter on the atomic level, resulting in the partial elimination of chemical compounds and, subsequently, the creation of a variety of violently reactive chemicals. The voids left by annihilated liquids and gases will typically implode, with the subsequent shock wave dispersing the generated chemicals into the surrounding area. While SCP-1466-A have not been tracked outside of Earth's atmosphere, they are presumed to demanifest or exit Earth's orbit within one year, as no instance has been encountered more than once.
The danger posed by SCP-1466-A and its byproducts are largely dependent on the circumstances immediately surrounding manifestation. A worst-case scenario would result from the verification of SCP-1466 by a distributed computing project run largely on personal computers; with resources available to the Foundation, a breach of secrecy could potentially (p > 0.01) result if more than [REDACTED] devices are used. Casualties would most likely equal or exceed the number of devices used.
SCP-1466-B refers to the spontaneous appearance of plaintext files exclusively containing SCP-1466 on devices attempting to verify the Goldbach conjecture, typically appearing in the root directory. There is no evidence to indicate that this is performed through conventional methods of file creation or placement. SCP-1466-B occurs 3-4 times per year, affecting progressively more powerful computers or distributed computing projects. If the file is accessed, but no attempt to verify SCP-1466 is made on the affected device within 83 days, it is spontaneously deleted.

Experiment 1466-061
Date: 02/25/2017
Purpose: Identify any potential consequences of delayed SCP-1466-A manifestation.
Materials: One computer verifying SCP-1466's violation of Goldbach's Conjecture; one subject (D-6612) in Stage 3 of SCP-2441 exposure; one SCP-1466-safe testing chamber.
Procedure: D-6612 was seated in front of the computer several minutes before it completed SCP-1466 verification, and was informed of SCP-1466's effects. The experiment was viewed remotely.
Result log:

Timestamp
Events

t=0s
SCP-1466 verification completed.

t=31s
SCP-1466-A fails to manifest at expected time. No other anomalies detected.

t=43s
D-6612 reports unidentified "resistance" to its reality-bending capacity.

t=51s
A mirrored cube, 4.4m on each side, manifests with the computer at the center. The cube exhibits perfect specular reflectivity, imperviousness to all attempted destruction testing, no sound penetration, no detectable temperature, and no friction. It is hypothesized to be composed of non-baryonic material. The cube remains stationary relative to Earth's surface.

t=110s
Approximate time of death of D-6612 according to on-site medical personnel.

t=284s
The cube demanifests. D-6612 is in a seated position, dead. The computer's internal clock is set to 8:00:00 AM (t=-28890s), and it is performing calculations that it was most likely performing at that time.

t=411s
The computer is switched off. Experiment terminated.

Assessment: After Experiment 1466-061, test subjects exposed to SCP-2441 have demonstrated no ability to delay or prevent manifestation of SCP-1466-A. SCP-1466-A now manifest 34 seconds after SCP-1466 verification, rather than 31.
D-6612's corpse possesses apparently infinite electrical and thermal resistance. The former was responsible for cessation of brain and muscle function. The item does not possess any abnormalities that account for these properties.
The computer used in Experiment 1466-061 is incapable of verifying SCP-1466. When it performs the penultimate calculation necessary to do so, it will temporally regress to 8:00:00 AM on 02/25/2017. It has been designated SCP-1466-C.

Footnotes
1. Goldbach's Conjecture states that every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes.

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